Employee Representation and Employee Involvement Methods

• Employee representation and employee involvement

  1. You're trying to get the employees involved into the decision-making process

  2. Methods to get employees involved in decision-making process: 1. Adopt a more democratic management style 2. Quality circles for continuous improvements driven from employee level 3. Suggestions box or employee surveys to aid decision-making process with employee suggestions 4. Trade unions as organized associations of workers 5. Work councils as committees of managers and employees to discuss organization issues
• Methods to get employees involved in decision-making process

  • Adopt a more democratic management style
  • Quality circles
  • Suggestions box
  • Employee surveys
  • Trade unions
  • Work councils
• Trade unions


  Organized associations of workers
• Work councils


  Committees of managers and employees to discuss organization issues
• Employee representation or employee involvement depends on certain factors: 1. Legislation impacts the influence of trade unions 2. Leadership style affects employee involvement 3. Size of the business affects the ease of employee involvement