Workers' Participation in Management

Workers' participation in management which has not been adopted successfully in many industrial units is quite a relevant topic even in the present context. The country has not reached a level of development where a transition can be effectively made from the authoritarian style of management to a highly democratic style of management. However, the desired objective is to democratize the organizational structure and to have a larger measure of participation and democracy in industrial organizations. There are certain organizations where better results have been achieved, because of management's conviction in the democratic system and a strong will to implement it in the organization.

Organizations like Tata Steel have implemented it very successfully and have reaped the desired result. Effective participation is a continuing process of education for the entire workforce of an organization. By virtue of overviewing the joint consultations department of Tata Steel for years together, the author has experienced the system in Tata Steel very closely. The article covers experiment of Tata Steel elaborately in addition to the scenario in India, and ILO on participative management culture. He has suggested quite elaborately steps to make the scheme a success. The paper has presented an overall view on workers' participation in management.