Empowerment and Democracy in the Workplace - Applying Adult Education Theory and Practice for Cultivating Empowerment

List of contents

Contents
Some Practical Advice About Empowerment and Democracy
Changing the System
Creating a Planning Team and Team Leaders
Educating an Empowered Workforce
Changing the Support Systems
Consensus Decision Making
Empowerment and Planning
Perspectives on Democracy in the Workplace
Adult Education and Workplace Democracy
Unions, Adult Education, and Industrial Democracy
The Organizational Gardener

About the author

JOHN R. DEW is Director for Continuous Quality Improvement for the University of Alabama. Prior to joining academia, he was the the Cost Reduction and Continuous Improvement Manager for Lockheed Martin Utility Services.

Product details

• Authors: John R. Dew, Dew John R.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.1997
• EAN: 9781567200942
• ISBN: 978-1-56720-094-2
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employee-ownership and co-operatives, Employee-Ownership & Co-Operatives, Business: Management