What is participation? Participation means to consult with their employees, bring them in on problems and decisions so that they work together as a team. The managers are not autocratic but neither are they managers who abandon their management responsibilities. Element of participation/ Describe 3 ideas of participation There are three ideas/ element of participation: - Ego involvement, Motivation to Contribute, Acceptance of Responsibilities. Ego involvement: Participation means meaningful involvement rather than mere muscular activities. A person who participates is ego-involved instead of merely task-involved. Some managers mistake task involvement for true participation. They go through the motions of participation, but nothing more. They hold meetings, ask opinions, and so on but all the time it is perfectly clear to employees that their manager is an autocratic boss who wants no ideas. These empty managerial actions constitute pseudo participation, with the res...
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