2. Meaning of WPM
• It is the joint consultant prior to decision
making.
• It is the process by which authority and
responsibility of managing industry and
shared with each other.
• It is the activity in which workers involves
into the decision making process of the
company.
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3. Definition of WPM
• “ WPM is the mental and physical
involvement of a person in a group
situation which encourage him to
contribute to group goal and share in the
responsibility of achieving them”
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4. Features of WPM
• Fully presence of workers.
• WPM is n’t as an individual.
• It may be formal and informal.
• It should be free from collective
bargaining.
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6. Objectives of WPM
• Economic objective
• Social objectives
• Psychological objectives
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7. Importance of WPM
• Mutual understanding
• Higher productivity
• Industrial harmony
• Industrial democracy
• Less resistance to change
• Creativity and innovation
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8. Joint Consultants
• Joint consultant is the process whereby
employer consults the workers either
directly or through their class
representatives and seeks their opinion on
various issues while retain to himself the
right of taking final decision.
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9. Advantages of joint consultants
• It promotes mutual trust and community of
interest.
• It is a step towards industrial democracy.
• It helps to improve the job satisfaction and
morale of workers.
• It provide creative ideas and develop initiatives
among workers.
• It helps to employees resistance to new machine
and methods.
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10. Problems in joint consultants
• In the absence of single recognized union, it
becomes to select the true representatives of
workers.
• The representatives of the workers are narrow
minded and politically oriented
• Representative of worker are not well educated.
So they fail to make effective contribution.
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11. Guide lines and principles to make the
guide lines effective
• The objective of joint consultive committee
should be well defined.
• Employer should be sincere in consulting the
representatives of workers.
• Workers should have information and education
about the functioning of the industry.
• An atmosphere of mutual trust and cooperation
between employers and employees should be
created.
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12. WPM in India………………..
Wpm was introduce after independence in
India. Under the provision of id act for the
setting up of works committees. After a
decade another firm come came into
existence joint management council
(JMC).
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13. Joint management council (JMC)
• It was set up in 1958. it consist of equal
representatives of management and
workers. N’t exceeding twelve at plant
level
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14. Expectation to perform the JMC
• The council is to be consulted by the
management before introducing changes
in the working activity of the organization
• The council is to receive information,
discuss and give suggestion for all the
activity of the company.
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15. Cont………….
• The council is to take up accident
prevention, management of meal,
canteen, water, safety, revision of the
rules to the workers, avoidance of
wastage of time and materials,
absenteeism, indiscipline, training e.t.c.
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16. Reasons for the failure of the WPM in
India
• Employers feel that workers are not competent
enough to take decisions
• Lower level needs of workers are not fully
satisfied
• Workers’ representatives who participate in
management have to perform the dual role of
workers’ spokes man and co-managers. So very
few representatives are competent to perform
both role.
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