Worker participation in management

1. Presentation by Group 3:
Team Members –
Kalyani singh
Soham De
Subhrajeet Roy
Rupam Nandi
Ankita Sardar
Worker
Participation in
Management
Case Study on Lumen Automobile Company

2. ● The Case Study is about how a Worker’s
Suggestion for Improvement in Plant
Layout was ignored by top management
and how this later ended in a dispute
situation.
● The suggestion was initially ignored.
● Few years after this, with day to day
increasing Work Pressure and Space
constraints, there was a safety incident
inside the factory , leading to someone’s
Major Accident.
● The company fired the existing labour
supervisor and hired a new one.
● The new Supervisor communicated the root
cause of the Safety Accident to the top
management as his suggestions to reduce
the Man~ Machine Interaction was taken up
seriously and implemented.
● Even though the Company has a
worker participation in the decision
making procedure, the Operator’s
innovative idea was not taken into
consideration and later the New
Operator’s idea was welcomed.
● The Accident could have been
prevented and emotional distress due
to non recognition of the Operators
idea , on time lead to dispute
situation.
● General Environment surrounding the
accident lead to a very unproductive
and unsafe environment to work for
all staff
● Any suggestions put forward by the workmen
should be considered on a priority basis and
evaluated.
● The inputs from the Workmen should be
escalated to the Management through proper
channels and should be evaluated through
various dimensions.
● The inputs should be assessed on
● 1. Technical Feasibility
● 2. Financial Analysis Etc.
● A review Team shall check the plant condition by
Primary Data evaluation on:
● o Plant layout
● o Dispatch mechanism
● o Output levels
● Using this report the feasibility of the Operator’s
idea should be simulated and evaluate its
applicability.
● The Report file clearly labeled on the Workman’s
name should be clearly documented in the
review Team’s Database
● This would reduce the chances for the disputes
among Employees regarding the duplication of
ideas.
Case Details:
Background: M/S Lumen Automobile company manufactures Passenger Cars out of Chennai Plant .
The Plant operates at a very high capacity in a really competitive market.
Case Explained Conclusion and Opinion
Issues of the Case