Lack of worker participation in business decision-making

Although psychologists have advised against it, owners and managers of enterprises and bureaucrats in government have continued to restrict workers' participation in decisions that affect them directly. The typical result is demotivation or alienation of the worker, decreased productivity and increased costs.

A number of recent decentralization programmes to distribute decision making downwards have been made in Socialist countries, particularly in the agricultural sectors. However, decisions require both information and the skill to use it, and the educational infrastructures have proven too weak to support the initial reforms.

1. Undemocratic policy-making
2. Disengagement of citizens from community activities
3. Collapse of corporate engagement in society

1. Mismanagement
2. Lack of participation in development
3. Inadequate management-employee communication

1. Unrepresentativeness of trade unions
2. Outdated production line methods
3. Inaccessibility of decision-makers in multinational enterprises

1. Providing sufficient worker participation in business decision-making
2. Abstaining from worker participation in business decision-making

1. Lack