This document discusses workers' participation in management (WPM) in India. It defines WPM and lists its objectives such as promoting productivity and satisfying workers' social needs. The document outlines various forms of WPM including works committees, joint management councils, shop councils, and unit councils. It discusses reasons for the failure of WPM programs as well as measures to make WPM more effective such as building mutual trust between employers and workers. Overall, the document provides an overview of WPM approaches and their implementation in India.

1. Vandana Goyat

2. Meaning of WPM
•It is the joint
consultant prior
to decision
making
It is the
activity in
which worker
involve in the
decision
making
process of the
company

3. Definition of WPM
WPM is the mental and
physical involvement of a
person in a group of situation
which encourage him to
contribute to group goal and
share in the responsibility of
achieving them

4. Objectives of WPM
1. To promote increased productivity for the advantage
of the organization , workers and society at large
2. To provide a better understanding to employees
about their role and place in the process of
attainment of organizational goals
3. To satisfy the workers social and esteem needs
4. To build the most dynamic human resource
5. To build the nation through entrepreneurship and
economic development

5. Features of WPM
1. fully presence of workers
2. WPM is not as an individual.
3. it may be formal and informal
4. it should be free from collective
bargaining

6. Degrees of participation
 Communication
 Consultation
 Code-termination
 Self management

7. Importance of WPM
Mutual understanding
Higher productivity
industrial democracy
less resistance to change
creativity and inovation

8. Forms of WPM
Works
committee
Joint
management
council
Joint
councils
Shop
councils
Unit council

9. work committees
 Under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, every
establishment employing 100 or more workers is
required to constitute a works committee. Such a
committee consists of equal number of representatives
from the employer and the employees.
 The main purpose of this committee is to provide
measures for securing and preserving amity and good
relations between the employer and the employees.

10. Joint management council
 Under this system JMC are constituted at the plant level
 This council were setup as early as 1958
 This council consist of equal no. of representatives of the
employee and employer , not exceeding 12 at the plant level
 The plant should employee atleast 500 workers. The
council discuss various matters related to the working of
the industry
 This council is entrusted with the responsibility of
administering welfare measures, supervision of safety and
health schemes, scheduling of working hours, rewards for
suggestion etc

11.  The joint councils are constituted for the whole unit, in
every Industrial Unit employing 500 or more workers, there
should be a Joint Council for the whole unit.
 Only such persons who are actually engaged in the unit
shall be the members of Joint Council.
 A joint council shall meet at least once in a quarter. The
chief executive of the unit shall be the chairperson of the
joint council.
 The vice-chairman of the joint council will be nominated
by the worker members of the council. The decisions of the
Joint Council shall be based on the consensus and not on
the basis of voting.

12. Shop Council
 Government of India on the 30th of October 1975 announced a
new scheme in WPM. In every Industrial establishment
employing 500 or more workmen, the employer shall constitute a
shop council.
 Shop council represents each department or a shop in a unit.
Each shop council consists of an equal number of representatives
from both employer and employees.
 The employers’ representatives will be nominated by the
management and must consist of persons within the
establishment.
 The workers’ representatives will be from among the workers of
the department or shop concerned. The total number of
employees may not exceed 12.

13. Unit Council
 Gov. of India on 5th Jan 1977 announced a new scheme
in WPM. The envisaged setting of unit council in units
employing at least 100 persons
 The org. includes hotels, restaurants, hospitals, railway
etc.
 The council consist of equal no. of representatives of
the management and their total no. should not exceed
12
 The council discuss day to day problems and find
solutions

14. Workers participation in
management in India
 Workers’ participation in Management in India was given
importance only after Independence.
 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 was the first step in this
direction, which recommended for the setting up of works
committees.
 The joint management councils were established in 1950
which increased the labor participation in management.
 Since July 1975 the two-tier participation called shop
councils at shop level and Joint councils were introduced.
 Workers’ participation in Management Bill, 1990 was
introduced in Parliament which provided scope
for upliftment of workers.

15. Reasons for failure of WPM
 1. Employers resist the participation of workers in
decision-making. This is because they feel that workers are
not competent enough to take decisions.
 2. Workers’ representatives who participate in
management have to perform the dual roles of workers’
spokesman and a co-manager. Very few representatives are
competent enough to assume the two incompatible roles.
 3. Generally Trade Unions’ leaders who represent
workers are also active members of various political parties.
While participating in management they tend to give
priority to political interests rather than the workers’ cause.

16. Measures for making WPM
effective
 1. There should be mutual trust, faith among all the
parties concerned
 2. Employers and workers should agree on the
objectives of the industry. They should recognize and
respect the rights of each other.
 3. There should be closely and mutually formulated ,
objectives for participation by trade unions and
management

17. Current scenario
 In some org like tata iron and steel company , indian
aluminium works at belur and hindustan lever this
committees are actively functioning
 In all these the management have evolved joint
committees independently of the statutory
requirements

18. SOURCES
 Manual of HRM - by Dr. Suman Ghalawat
 Wikipedia and Bing
 Essentials of human resource management and
industrial relations by Himalaya Publication