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Likert’s participative management & communication implications of human behavior school

Likert’s participative management & communication implications of human behavior school. Madeline McGarey. About me. Junior Organizational Communication Major After graduating I would like to be involved in event planning Course Objectives:

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Likert’s participative management & communication implications of human behavior school

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  1. Likert’s participative management & communication implications of human behavior school Madeline McGarey

  2. About me • Junior • Organizational Communication Major • After graduating I would like to be involved in event planning • Course Objectives: • Enhance my knowledge of Organizational Communication • Develop my speaking skills

  3. overview • Who is Rensis Likert? • Participate Management • What is it? • How to achieve participative management • Linking Pin Function • Human Behavior Perspective • How it’s used in Contemporary Organizations

  4. Rensis Likert • 1903-1981 • Professor of Sociology and Psychology • Director of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan • Developed the Participative Management Theory

  5. Participative Management • Theory of employee-centered management based on effectively functioning groups linked together structurally through the organization • Management process should depend on participative groups formed to have overlapping individuals among groups • Involves increased participation at all levels of an organization • Rejects many of the assumptions of the Scientific Management

  6. Participative Management • Active participation • Free-flow of communication in all directions • Increased motivation • Promotes creativity • Employees are both senders and receivers • Employees are deciding where they want to be in their organization

  7. Participative Management • In order to have effective Participative Management: • Be sure that members have effective leadership and membership skills to increase easy interaction among the organization • The groups involved should have a comfortable working relationship to ensure the free-flow of communication • Those involved must be loyal to the organization and to each other so there is a mutual feeling of trust all around • Should perform in the “linking pin” function and keep the goals from their group in line with the other groups goals

  8. Linking Pin Function

  9. human behavior perspective • Management is supposed to trust employees so that they feel comfortable to freely discuss information with their supervisors • Peer-group interaction is a positive influence for productivity • Communication between all levels is expected to be extensive and friendly

  10. Contemporary organizations • Committees, project teams and work units • Training for management and supervisors helps them to develop their interpersonal communication skills • New employees go through orientation so they make an easy transition and are able to communicate easily with their new employees • Awards are given to employees for their involvement in the organization

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