s people reject authoritarian government, bureaucracy and the denial of human rights. Featuring an opportunity for readers to participate by progressively completing an organization assessment, this book is a practical, experience-based handbook for instituting, sustaining and nurturing the changes necessary today.
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"A must-read for all those involved in managing diversity-and that's all of us. Every page contains words of wisdom that will cause you to think and create an environment where participation-the key to success in today's rapidly changing workplace-can thrive and grow."
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"The Age of Participation is a must-read for people who want their organizations to survive in the future. McLagan and Nel provide a fitting burial for authoritarianism and paint an exciting picture of the future." -- Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
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This review is from: The Age of Participation (Hardcover)
Companies like to say that they encourage their employees to participate thoroughly in the business, but when it comes to actually handing over power to their subordinates, many executives balk. Patricia McLagan and Christo Nel say that companies and bosses that refuse to take the participatory plunge are doomed to extinction. In The Age of Participation, they present the concept of participation - the active involvement of all employees or citizens in every aspect of running an organization - as a worldview, not just a business method. Sure the book contains more than its share of platitudes, but it is well written and never dry. And it balances its more utopian pronouncements with some practical observations about the performance of companies that have implemented participatory strategies and some insightful points on the role of common sense in business decision making. We [...] recommend this book to executives and mid-level managers, particularly change managers and human resource professionals.
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ON THE PLUS SIDE...this comprehensive book does an excellent job of distinguishing between authoritarian and "participative" workplaces. The authors argue persuasively that the former, though dominant, are inadequate for the quality and productivity requirements of our times. In addition, they note the ethical superiority of participation. ON THE MINUS SIDE...I was disappointed with the book's treatment of two key concepts: "stakeholders" and "consent of the governed" (employees). To my mind, McLagan and Nel deal with consent too lightly and with involvement of all stakeholders too heavily. The result is that "participative" struck me as far short of "democratic" (though no doubt even the former will seem drastic to those mired in authoritarianism). Yet I suspect the authors believe that prosperity and morality require a democratic work world. THE BOTTOM LINE? One reader's strong recommendation that the *The Age of Participation* be widely read and discussed.
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participative organization, participative governance, participative work practices, participative enterprise, participative world, participative institution, change maverick, finished rating, authoritarian assumptions, uncompromising performance, participative workplace, participative relationships, participative practices, authoritarian organizations, authoritarian governance, participative systems, creative minority, governance areas, meaningful influence, formal leaders, grief cycle, corporate creativity, authoritarian institutions, new governance, work stream Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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