Directorate of distance education master of business administration

participation was defined as follows:
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ӹ Increasing productivity for general benefit of the enterprise, 
employees and community;
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ӹ Giving employees a better understanding of their role in the 
working of the industry and of the process of production
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ӹ Satisfying the workers urge for self-expression, thus leading to 
industrial peace, better relations and increased cooperation
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ӹ The Government of India accepted that the representatives of 

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workers should be taken on the board of directors of public sector 
enterprises. The worker director (representative of the workers) 
is to be elected by all the workers of the company through a secret 
ballot.
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ӹ Another tool that has become popular as a form of participative 
management in an organization is the employee stock option Plan 
(ESOP). ESOPs offer emotional and financial ownership to the 
employees.
Pre-Requisites for Successful Participation
 
For worker’s participation to be successful, there is a need to have:
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ӹ A healthy work atmosphere that motivates employees to