What is Participative Management?
1. A process of involving those who are influenced by decisions, in making decisions.
2. Where everyone makes certain that everyone gets their needs met.
Where have you seen participative management work well?
Why is the concept so foreign in a democratic society?
What Participative Management is NOT.
1. It is not permissiveness. PM holds people responsible.
2. It is not weakness. PM takes character to apply.
3. It is not involvement in trivia. Only significant decisions should go through the
PM process, however, what one person sees as trivia may be very important to an
other.
4. It does not mean giving up authority. We don?t give up authority, rather we
delegate authority with matching amounts of responsibility and accountability.
5. It does not mean giving up all decision making. We delegate only the amount
of decision-making that we think is appropriate under the circumstances. Delegated
authority may require a person to recommend action rather than take action.
6. It does not mean postponing action. PM should occur quickly and avoid constant
fixes.
S
P a r t i c i p a t i v e
M a n a g e m e n t
( P M )
Sharing Authority through delegation
Common response:
?I?ll be darned if I?ll let my people make the decisions when I?m the one who is
responsible for the operation. If it?s a bad decision, my head will roll,
not theirs.?
The Sharing (Delegating) Process:
Responsibility + Authority + Accountability
We Negotiate the Following Steps
1. Goals: We start with the end in mind.
2. Guidelines: We negotiate parameters, history, policies, boundaries, etc.
3. Resources: We negotiate the money, equipment, supplies, human resources, time, and
autho ...