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Participation
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
Most organizations have employees who are dependent on others and that their
own efforts will have little impact on performance
Remove conditions of
powerlessness
• Changes
• Leadership
• Reward system Perception of
• job Empowerment EFFECTIVESNESS
• Competence
• Autonomy
Enhance job- related self • Job meaning
efficacy • Sense of impact SATISFACTION
• Job mastery
• Control &accountability
• Role models
• Reinforcement
• Support
What Does Participation Mean?
3 Elements:
-is the mental and emotional
involvement of people in group Involvement
situations that encourages them Contribution
to contribute to group goals and Responsibility
share responsibility for them
3 Important Ideas
Research results P
A
Productivity Improvement R
Measures T
I
Utilization of Workplace
C
Diversity
I
Employee desires for P
Meaning A
Employees desire and T
expectation I
O
Ethical Arguments
N
How participation works
SITUATION
OUTCOMES
*ORGANIZATION:
-HIGHER OUTPUT
-BETTER QUALITY
-CREATIVITY
INVOLVEMENT
PARTICIPARTIVE -INNOVATION
*MENTAL
PROGRAMS
*EMOTIONAL *EMPLOYEES:
-ACCEPTANCE
-SELF – EFFICACY
-LESS STRESS
-SATISFACTION
I M P A C T OF M A N A G E R I A L P O W E R
*Leader- member exchange
- participation is a sharing process between managers and employees
-built upon leader- member exchange model of leadership
-leader selectively delegates, informs and consult while subordinates contributes to task performance
Some organizations give their managers some discretion to choose which program to
use; other organizations mandate a particular approach throughout the company
Suggestion programs
DECREASED PARTICIPATION
Difficulty of some managers to adjust to their new roles in a high involvement system