Abstract
In as much as employees’ participation in the workplace’s decision making has been found to have favourable effects on both the employees and the employers, participative management should therefore be considered an inevitable tool in any organization – be it public or private. The study examined participatory decision making and its implementation in Nigeria with a focus on Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Awe, Oyo - State. The sample size of the study was 177 with the adoption of a structured questionnaire as the data collection’s instrument, while the random sampling technique was utilized. The adoption of the method was based on its easy usage and capacity to correctly represent an enormous population. The descriptive statistics employed comprised frequency, percentage and tables, while regression was used as inferential statistics. The finding of the study showed a significant relationship between employees’ direct involvement in the Bond Chemical industries’ decision making and the implementation. The finding also established significant facilitation of the organization’s decision making by the employees’ consultation. The study concludes that there is a significant effect of employees’ participation on the implementation of Bond Chemical Industries, while employees’ adequate sensitization on participatory decision making coupled with an attachment of reward system to the practice was recommended for workers’ full commitment. Keywords: employees’ involvement, employees’ voice, co-partnership, joint consultation, participatory decision – making
Highlights
In as much as employees’ participation in the workplace’s decision making has been found to have favourable effects on both the employees and the employers, participative management should be considered an inevitable tool in any organization – be it public or private
The descriptive statistics employed comprised frequency, percentage and tables, while regression was used as inferential statistics
Employees' participation in management is a critical ingredient of industrial democracy as the concept is turning out to be progressively important in almost every organization since participative decision making is one of the important aspects of organizational life with which increased organizational effectiveness and employees’ commitment towards organizational goals could be achieved (Anteneh, 2018)
Summary
Employees' participation in management is a critical ingredient of industrial democracy as the concept is turning out to be progressively important in almost every organization since participative decision making is one of the important aspects of organizational life with which increased organizational effectiveness and employees’ commitment towards organizational goals could be achieved (Anteneh, 2018). The practice of organizational management over the years, in the early days of the assembly line and scientific management required employees to completely perform all duties assigned to them by their employers Even though, this was absolutely a classical method of obtaining results through others; it is no more in vogue in nowadays’ business world as the trend has improved given that organization’s expectations from its employees have increased than for the workers to just do exactly what is being dictated to them. This was absolutely a classical method of obtaining results through others; it is no more in vogue in nowadays’ business world as the trend has improved given that organization’s expectations from its employees have increased than for the workers to just do exactly what is being dictated to them This has changed given that employees too desire further than merely working in accordance with the directions of their superiors (Ezennaya, 2011). As stressed by Rachmawati, Maarif and Sukmawat (2020), good human management is required for the organization to improve its performance
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