Workers Participation in Management: Insights from a Case Study

This paper makes a case for workers participation in management. The paper traces the subtle beginnings of worker participation schemes across the globe and brings out the concept as it has evolved in the present days. While a nationwide experiment on schemes of worker participation becomes a failure, the paper presents the case of a firm where such schemes have been a huge success. The paper also covers aspects of trade union functioning in the firm that has a bearing on these participative arrangements. The study brings out the degree of support and perceptions of the workers regarding various schemes of participation in the firm and the dispute settlement mechanism employed by the trade union.