Conclusion
Employee participation is the process in which employees are engaged in the organizational decision-making process. In this participatory process employees don’t merely take orders from management, but collectively decide organizational mission and objectives. Here, employees are empowered to make calculated organizational decision with that would ultimately impact organizational performance and profitability. Typically, organizations with decentralized decision-making processes, allow empowering their employees in participating organizational decision-making processes. This involves team building and team work activities that allow them to follow undetermined framework in decision-making. However, this doesn’t mean that this process is loose and team members are free to make decisions freely. Team members work within rigid organizational processes that allow both collective and individual participations but expect decisions to be aligned with stated organizational objectives.
Employee participation in the organizational decision-making process could be termed as part of human resource development and quality improvement drive. If employees participate in decision-making process it can become a motivational tool for them, which would ultimately improve organizational performances and profitability. This would also lead to increased customer satisfaction as employees become more efficient and productive. It’s within this background that I am advocating for increased employee participation as a way to modernize and increase performance and productivity. Minority employee participation constitutes the biggest organizational challenging in achieving the above stated objectives since minority employees are disenfranchised from the decision-making processes and rarely contribute to organizational objective and mission. The Application component will argue for the best way to incorporate minority employees in the decision-making processes