Effectiveness of Workplace Democracy

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Humanities

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Review the article “Workplace Democracy: Why Bother?” in this week’s Learning Resources. Consider the rationale for workplace democracy.
  • Review the article “Evaluating Strategies for Negotiating Workers’ Rights in Transnational Corporations: The Effects of Codes of Conduct and Global Agreements on Workplace Democracy” in this week’s Learning Resources. Think about how workplace democracy can be effective in an organization.
  • Review the lecture “Workplace Democracy and the Global Financial Crisis” in this week’s Learning Resources. Take note of arguments for and against the presence of workplace democracy in terms of economics.
  • Identify democratic principles that might be present in a democratic workplace.
  • Reflect on your workplace environment or one with which you are familiar and think about the degree to which democracy is present in the organization.
  • Consider whether the organization would be more effective if it were more or less democratic.
  • Reflect on whether democracy is a sustainable option for the contemporary workplace.
  • Consider whether democracy in the workplace is actually an issue of democratic governance or it is a management style, possibly a variation of participative management.

With these thoughts in mind(1 Page):

Post a brief description of your workplace or one with which you are familiar. Include an assessment of the degree to which democracy is present. Then, explain whether the organization would be more effective if it were more or less democratic and explain why. In your analysis, consider whether democracy is sustainable in the contemporary workplace and whether democracy in the workplace is a governance issue or a management issue.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources from the articles article “Workplace Democracy: Why Bother?” ,“Evaluating Strategies for Negotiating Workers’ Rights in Transnational Corporations: The Effects of Codes of Conduct and Global Agreements on Workplace Democracy and “Workplace Democracy and the Global Financial Crisis”