In which one of the following forms of worker's participation in management is the role of the workers council not just advisory but the management is under a moral obligation to acknowledge, accept and implement the unanimous decision of the council ? 

In which one of the following forms of worker's participation in management is the role of the workers council not just advisory but the management is under a moral obligation to acknowledge, accept and implement the unanimous decision of the council ?  Correct Answer Associative Participation

Workers Participation in Management :

Worker's participation in management means giving scope for workers to influence the managerial decision-making process at different levels by various forms in the organization.

Levels of Participation:

1. Informative Participation:

  • This refers to management’s information sharing with workers on such items that are concerned with workers. 
  • Balance Sheets, production, economic conditions of the plant, etc., are examples of such items. 

2. Consultative Participation:

  • In this type of participation, workers are consulted in those matters which relate to them. 
  • Here, the role of workers is restricted to give their views only. 
  • However, the acceptance and non-acceptance of these views depend on management. 

3. Associative Participation:

  • Here, the role of the workers’ council is not just advisory, unlike consultative participation. 
  • In a way, this is an advanced and improved form of consultative participa­tion. 
  • Now, the management is under a moral obligation to acknowledge, accept, and implement the unanimous decision of the council.

4. Administrative Participation:

  • In administrative participation, decisions already are taken are implemented by the workers. 
  • Compared to the former three levels of participation, the degree of sharing authority and responsibility by the workers is definitely more in this participation.

5. Decisive Participation:

  • Here, the decisions are taken jointly by the management and the workers of an organization.
  • In fact, this is the ultimate level of workers’ participation in management.

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What is Gandhian philosophy? It is the religious and social ideas adopted and developed by Gandhi, first during his period in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and later of course in India. These ideas have been further developed by later "Gandhians", most notably, in India by, Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan. Outside of India some of the work of, for example, Martin Luther King Jr. can also be viewed in this light. Understanding the universe to be an organic whole, the philosophy exists on several planes - the spiritual or religious, moral, political, economic, social, individual and collective. The spiritual or religious element, and God, is at its core. Human nature is regarded as fundamentally virtuous. All individuals are believed to be capable of high moral development, and of reform. The twin cardinal principles of Gandhi's thought are truth and nonviolence. It should be remembered that the English word "truth" is an imperfect translation of the Sanskrit, "satya", and "non-violence", an even more imperfect translation of "ahimsa". Derived from "sat" - "that which exists" - "satya" contains a dimension of meaning not usually associated by English speakers with the word "truth". There are other variations, too, which we need not go into here. For Gandhi, truth is the relative truth of truthfulness in word and deed, and the absolute truth - the Ultimate Reality. This ultimate truth is God (as God is also Truth) and morality - the moral laws and code - its basis. Ahimsa, far from meaning mere peacefulness or the absence of overt violence, is understood by Gandhi to denote active love - the pole opposite of violence, or "Himsa", in every sense. The ultimate station Gandhi assigns non violence stems from two main points. First, if according to the Divine Reality all life is one, then all violence committed towards another is violence towards oneself, towards the collective, whole self, and thus "self"-destructive and counter to the universal law of life, which is love. Second, Gandhi believed that ahimsa is the most powerful force in existence. Had himsa been superior to ahimsa, humankind would long ago have succeeded in destroying itself. The human race certainly could not have progressed as far as it has, even if universal justice remains far off the horizon. From both viewpoints, non violence or love is regarded as the highest law of humankind.
According to the passage, which of the following statement is not true?