Guideline for Participation Committee Development and Standardisation Team Members: Iqbal Hossain Naheed Irshad Rodney Reed Sumaiya Islam Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin Development of this Guideline is sponsored by IFC-SEDF, H&M, Carrefour, Levi Strauss, Lindex, Tesco International Sourcing, Disney Corporation and JC Penny Prepared by Reed Consulting Bangladesh Ltd. www.reedconsultingbd.com Date of Submission: December 31 2011 Guideline for Participation Committee (PC) Development and Standardisation
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Workers’ participation in management is an essential ingredient of Industrial democracy. The concept of workers’ participation in management is based on Human Relations approach to Management which brought about a new set of values to labour and management. Traditionally the concept of Workers’ Participation in Management (WPM) refers to participation of non-managerial employees in the decision-making process of the organization. Workers’ participation is also known as ‘labour participation’ or ‘employee
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Part two: 1. What are the basic causes of ‘Grievances’? Ans: Grievances generally arise form the day-do-day working relations in the undertaking, usually a worker or trade union protest against an act or omission or management that is considered to violate worker's rights. The following causes have been given of employee grievances: (i) Promotions; (ii) Amenities; (iii) Continuity of service; (iv) Compensation; (v) Disciplinary action; (vi) Fines; (vii) Increments (viii) Leave; (ix) Medical Benefits;
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WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT (I) (i) Introduction: Three groups of managerial decisions affect the workers of any industrial establishment and hence the workers must have a say in it. • Economic decisions – methods of manufacturing, automation, shutdown, lay-offs, and mergers. • Personnel decisions – recruitment and selection, promotions, demotions, transfers, grievance settlement, work distribution. • Social decisions – hours of work, welfare measures, questions affecting
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experience in a number of companies from 1981 to date. My emphasis is not so much on its history nor on the theoretical models on which the independent Zimbabwean government's policy of industrial democracy has been based, but on the viability of the workers' committees and works councils in terms of their effectiveness in democratizing decision-making in Zimbabwean industry. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Since settler occupation in 1890, successive governments in Rhodesia encouraged economic development along
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INTRODUCTION: The concept of worker participation represents a popular theme in the analysis of the world of work among scholars in the fields of Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations as well as management. It refers to any arrangement which is designed to involve low cadre employees (workers) in the important decision making within the workplace. This implies that rather than saddling only a group within the enterprise (for instance, management) with the responsibility of making decisions
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This essay will aim to investigate the ethical treatment of shareholders and workers in a traditional, capitalist corporation; The Ford Motor Company and compare and contrast the findings with the treatment of these stakeholders in the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation. The structure of this essay will be as follows; firstly the fundamental differences between the two contrasting organisations will be examined and how these differences impact the ethical treatment of the relevant stakeholders; secondly
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relations can refer broadly to any dealings between management and workers about employment conditions. Most commonly, however, labor relations refers to dealings between management and a workforce that is already unionized, or has the potential to become unionized. Labor relation is the field that emphasizes skill managers and union leaders can use to minimize costly forms of conflict and seek win-win solutions with labor force. The decision for management involves whether the organization will work with
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Workers Participation Definition: Workers’ participation refers to the mental and emotional involvement of a person in a group situation which encourages him to contribute to group goals and share in responsibility of achieving them, or A process by which subordinate employees, either individually or collectively, become involved in one or more aspects of organizational decision making within the enterprises in which they work, or It is a principle of democratic administration of industry, sharing
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periodic exchange of views and information on the following issues:(i) Labour and employment issues, including employment policies, restructuring, the global employment opportunities and requirements for trained manpower; (ii) Human resource management in particular through training and skills development; and (iii) Social Security. 2. In line with the Joint Action Plan, the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European
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