Employee involvement

Question 1

Define employee involvement

Answer 1

Any mechanism or scheme that is designed to increase employees input in decision making

Question 2

What do employee involvement activities include

Answer 2

Consultation, information giving, joint decision making and worker control

Question 3

What does Guest and Pecceis partnership theory require (3)?

Answer 3

• A Set of principals
• A set of practices
• A promise or benefits

Question 4

What is meant by a set of principles in Guest and Pecceis partnership theory?

Answer 4

The values that prescribe appropriate forms of behaviour.

Question 5

What is meant by a set of practices in Guest and Pecceis partnership theory

Answer 5

How employees are involved in the decision making process

Question 6

Employee participation

Answer 6

The process that involves employees often through their representatives in a workplace to be involved in the decision-making process

Question 7

Partnership

Answer 7

Where representatives of employees work with management

Question 8

EIP

Answer 8

Employee involvement partnership

Question 9

What happens to power in employee involvement

Answer 9

The employer retains power but shares information

Question 10

Employee participation aims to influence what through what

Answer 10

Influence decisions about work processes and conditions by collective representation

Question 11

What happens to power in partnership

Answer 11

Employee shares power with high involvement from employees in terms of running a business.

Question 12

What legislation may require employee involvement

Answer 12

EMPLOYEES PROVISION

OF INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION ACT 2006

Question 13

What does the escalator of participation show?

Answer 13

Depth of formal employee voice

Question 14

Information on the employee voice escalator of participation

Answer 14

The decision is already made, no power and consultation

Question 15

Communication the employee voice escalator of participation

Answer 15

Provides rationale for the decision

Question 16

Consultation on the employee voice escalator of participation

Answer 16

Dialogue about the decision already made

Question 17

Co-Determination on the employee voice escalator of participation

Answer 17

Dialogue about decisions not already made

Question 18

Control on the employee voice escalator of participation

Answer 18

Joint decision making

Question 19

Worker co-ops

Answer 19

Joint decision making

Question 20

Why share information in decision-making? (5)

Answer 20

• Loyal and more committed employees
• Minimise conflict
• Less resistance
• Improved productivity
• Heightened perception of informational justice

Question 21

Def ear syndrome

Answer 21

When the employer ignores any employee-generated information that doesn’t fit with the employer’s frame of mind

Question 22

What types of injustice does deaf ear syndrome lead to?

Answer 22

Procedural and interactional injustice and high levels of discontent

Question 23

Factors for success in EPI (5)

Answer 23

• Managers frame of reference
• Manager is trained
• Views are listened to and acted on appropriately
• Provision of propper feedback mechinisims
• action is implemented

Question 24

Employees have the right to know what about the business from the employer?

Answer 24

• Informed on the business economic situation
• Informed and consulted about employment prospects
• Informed on the likelihood of substantial changes in work organisation and redundancies

Question 25

Employers are required under the Employee provisions of the information and consultation act to …

Answer 25

• Provide information to representatives about the organisation’s economic situation
• Consult employee representation about a plan affecting jobs, changes in work or redundancies.