Organizational Participation Myth and Reality

by Heller, Frank; Pusic, Eugen; Strauss, George; Wilpert, Bernhard

• ISBN13: 9780198288510
• ISBN10: 0198288514
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Team-working, partnership, quality circles, works councils, industrial democracy--are they distinct and innovative arrangements or is it a case of new wine in old bottles? In the post-war period we have seen numerous forms of organizational participation sometimes as experiments, sometimes as negotiated expediency, and sometimes as hype. Different ideas have emerged from different parts of the world, in different industries, at different times with different objectives. In this book, four experienced international analysts take the longer view and look at the changing forms of--and changing debates around--organizational participation. They review an extensive literature of experiments and practical experiences through a critical evaluation of the available data to reach balanced conclusions about the importance and utility of this concept for organizations now and in the future.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii	(1)
Abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(7)
Frank Heller
1 An Overview	8	(32)
George Strauss
2 A View from Psychology	40	(25)
Bernhard Wilpert
3 Organization Theory and Participation	65	(32)
Eugen Pusic
4 Collective Bargaining, Unions, and Participation	97	(47)
George Strauss
5 Playing the Devil's Advocate: Limits to Influence Sharing in Theory and Practice	144	(46)
Frank Heller
6 Participation Works--If Conditions are Appropriate	190	(30)
George Strauss
7 Myth and Reality: Valediction	220	(30)
Frank Heller
References	250	(35)
Index	285