Transcript Likert’s participative management & communication

LIKERT’S PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT
& COMMUNICATION IMPLICATIONS OF
HUMAN BEHAVIOR SCHOOL
Madeline McGarey
ABOUT ME
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Junior
Organizational Communication Major
After graduating I would like to be involved in
event planning
Course Objectives:
o Enhance my knowledge of Organizational
Communication
o Develop my speaking skills
OVERVIEW
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Who is Rensis Likert?
Participate Management
o What is it?
o How to achieve participative management
o Linking Pin Function
Human Behavior Perspective
o How it’s used in Contemporary Organizations
RENSIS LIKERT
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1903-1981
Professor of Sociology and Psychology
Director of the Institute of Social Research at
the University of Michigan
Developed the Participative Management
Theory
PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT
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Theory of employee-centered management
based on effectively functioning groups linked
together structurally through the organization
Management process should depend on
participative groups formed to have overlapping
individuals among groups
Involves increased participation at all levels of
an organization
Rejects many of the assumptions of the
Scientific Management
PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT
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Active participation
Free-flow of communication in all directions
Increased motivation
Promotes creativity
Employees are both senders and receivers
Employees are deciding where they want to be in their
organization
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In order to have effective Participative Management:
Be sure that members have effective leadership and
membership skills to increase easy interaction among the
organization
o The groups involved should have a comfortable working
relationship to ensure the free-flow of communication
o Those involved must be loyal to the organization and to
each other so there is a mutual feeling of trust all around
o Should perform in the “linking pin” function and keep the
goals from their group in line with the other groups goals
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LINKING PIN FUNCTION
HUMAN BEHAVIOR PERSPECTIVE
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Management is supposed to trust employees so
that they feel comfortable to freely discuss
information with their supervisors
Peer-group interaction is a positive influence for
productivity
Communication between all levels is expected
to be extensive and friendly
CONTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS
 Committees,
project teams and work units
 Training for management and supervisors helps
them to develop their interpersonal
communication skills
 New employees go through orientation so they
make an easy transition and are able to
communicate easily with their new employees
 Awards are given to employees for their
involvement in the organization