Abstract

             As there is more number of private textile units in Coimbatore which are going in good success, this paper is concerned with a question to know how the public units are competing and how the employees are feeling goodself in coming out of their opinion. A study has done to know the existing level of Worker Participation in Management Decision making within the NTC Production units.  Interview schedule and in-depth interview were the main research techniques adopted for data collection while chi square and percentage used to analyze the data collected for the study.

Results show that employees in organizations demonstrate a high interest in participation in the decision making process within their respective work places. However, the actual level of involvement in management decision making demonstrated by the employees was found to be relatively low.

The study reveals a growing desire of non-management employees in the work environment to exercise greater involvement in the decision making process of the enterprise. Majority of the employees informed that decisions taken at the committee meetings are implemented, has the positive opinion about the councils working and performance, the organization has been considering the pre-requisites of successful workers participation and feels that shop council and plant council benefit the organization to great extent.

KEYWORDS: Employees, Involvement, Worker Participation, Decision making, Attitude.