What is a Direct Participation Program?

The term employee participation plan first appeared in an agreement signed between Ford and the Automobile Workers' Union in 1979, marking a new stage in the development of management thinking. An employee participation plan is a plan that encourages employees to participate in the design, organization, and management of their work in order to improve organizational efficiency.

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The term employee participation plan first appeared in an agreement signed between Ford and the Automobile Workers' Union in 1979, marking a new stage in the development of management thinking. An employee participation plan is a plan that encourages employees to participate in the design, organization, and management of their work in order to improve organizational efficiency.

In recent years, the application of employee participation in business management practices has become more common. Over 70% of Fortune 1000 companies have implemented employee participation programs.

Chinese name

Employee participation plan

Foreign name

Employees participating in the scheme

Appear time

1979

Appeared in

Ford

Function

Improve organizational efficiency

Employee participation programs can take many forms, including quality circles, joint labor-management committees, and common management programs implemented primarily in European countries.

Quality Circle: The quality circle is generally a working group composed of workers who work together to produce a specific component or provide a specific service. They meet once a week before or after work to discuss production problems and find solutions. Method.

The quality circle is a form of employee participation plan. The guiding principle of employee participation plan is that if the employer and the employee are no longer two opposing entities, the work of the worker will be more effective. Because if employees can manage themselves to a certain degree, the line between supervisors and employees will blur. In this way, the more employees participate in the job, the better the job will be done.

The labor-management council adopts a series of trainings to cultivate employees' good sense of participation, teamwork, and ability to analyze and solve problems.

Joint consultation: Joint consultation is the most common form of participation. The so-called common negotiation refers to the process of seeking the opinions or attitudes of employees before making decisions in order to coordinate the relationship with employees, and does not require the consent of employees or their representatives.

The role of joint consultation is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

l. Joint consultations allow the two parties to seek greater agreement in ideology and action.

2. Joint consultation is a form of cooperation and a transformation channel for conflict.

3 Joint consultations can partially coordinate labor relations.

4 Jointly negotiate the diversity of specific roles.

Worker directors: Worker directors refer to the system of democratically electing a certain number of employee representatives on the company's board of directors to participate in decision-making and supervision on behalf of employees.

Work council: The functions of the company's work council and the company-level consultation committee are roughly the same, but the names are different.

Proposed solution: The proposed solution provides a platform for employees to participate in efforts to improve business efficiency.

Workers 'Congress System: Workers' Congress, the democratic management system of enterprises, is the most basic form of corporate democracy in China's state-owned enterprises. It is an organization where employees exercise democratic management power. It consists of democratically elected employee representatives.

1. Promote employees' independent creativity and thinking ability, so that all employees have a strong sense of responsibility for the company and its success.

2. Provide opportunities for employees to self-train.

3 Assist managers to brainstorm and make informed decisions.

4 Promote communication in labor relations.

5. Increase employee loyalty and increase employee satisfaction with the job.

The success of the employee participation plan depends on the plan itself and factors related to the individual employees, but also on factors related to the corporate environment and organizational climate. These factors directly affect employees' perception of participation.