Worker’s Participation

in Management
 INTRODUCTION
• Worker’s Participation in Management (WPM) is an attempt to make use
of worker’s creativity and skills in the managerial decision making
process.
• The constitution of India favors WPM strongly as Section 43A of the
Constitution stipulates that “ the state shall take steps, by suitable
legislation or in any other way, to secure the participation of workers in
the management of undertakings, establishment or other organization
engaged in any industry.”
 FEATURES OF WPM
• Formal Involvement of Members
• Participation in Decision Making
• Consequence Sharing
• Application of Upward Control
• Joint and Continuous Process
 OBJECTIVES OF WPM
• Greater Employee Satisfaction
• Greater Responsibility
• Enhanced Cooperation
• Enhanced Democracy
• Developing a Communication System
• Facilitating Changes
 LEVELS OF WPM
• Lowest level of Participative Management
• Medium level of Participative Management
• Highest Level of Participative Management
 WPM Methods
• Direct Participation
• Indirect Participation
Achieving WPM
 Worker-
Corporate- Director
Level
Committees Joint
Management
Council

Autonomous
Group

Worker’s
Suggestion-box
Participation in
workshop- Scheme
Management
Level
Committees
Quality Circle
Profit-Sharing
Plans
Open-door
Policy
Collective
Bargaining
 Autonomous Work-groups
• Team of employees, assigned to a specific job or project, with
a high degree of autonomy over who does what, when, and who is answerable for
the team's performance.

• Similar to an individual with autonomy at work, an autonomous work group is a team of

employees granted autonomy or independence over the work they do within an
organization. This autonomy includes independent decision-making related to a specific
work function, project or job and independent freedom to assign individual members
specific tasks within the group.
 Quality Circle
• Quality circle is a small group of 6 to 12 employees doing similar work
who voluntarily meet together on a regular basis to identify improvements
in their respective work areas using proven techniques for analyzing and
solving work related problems coming in the way of achieving and
sustaining excellence leading to mutual upliftment of employees as well
as the organization.
• It is a way of capturing the creative and innovative power that lies within
the workforce.
 Significance of WPM
• Increase in Productivity and Performance
• Increase Employee Involvement and Participation
• Better Workforce Flexibility
• Promotes Cordiality in Industrial Relations
• Establishes Goodwill and Public Image
 Obstacles faced by WPM
• The management’s attitude
• Role ambiguity and Conflict
• Absence of mutual faith
• Non-implementation of Decisions
• Absence of Strong Unions
• Lack of follow-up
Thank You…