The democratic organisation : democracy and the future of work / Thomas Diefenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diefenbach, Thomas, 1965- author.

Series:

Management, organizations and society (London, England)

Routledge studies in management, organizations and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational sociology.

Organizational behavior.

Hierarchies.

Social structure.

Physical Description:

vii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Arguing that most current organisations are orthodox, hierarchical, anti-democratic, oppressive, unfair and unjust; this book presents a viable alternative, a better type of organisation - the democratic organisation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Democratic Organisations Are Novel

Democratic Organisations Are Necessary

Democratic Organisations Are Possible

Overview of the Book

1. Prevailing Organisations and Alternatives

What's Wrong with Our Organisations?

Viable Alternatives: Democratic Organisations

Interest-Oriented Democratic Organisations

Ownership-Oriented Democratic Organisations

Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Organisations

Key Criteria of Democratic Organisations

pt. I The Model of the Democratic Organisation

2. Libertarian Constitution

Free Will and Free Individuals

Self-Ownership and Inalienable Rights

Private Ownership and Property Rights

The Partnership Agreement and the Democratic Organisation

3. Democratic Governance

Governance: Democratic Governance

Democratic Institutions of Governance

Legitimate Authoritative Sources

Democratic Governing

`Good Governance'

Democratic Governance of the Democratic Organisation

4. Democratic Management

Hierarchy and/or Heterarchy: Democratic Management

Self-Management

Representative Management

Participative Management

The Elements of Democratic Management

5. Equalising Empowerment

From Equal Rights to Equal Power and the Idea of Equalising Empowerment

Meaning(s) and a Three-Dimensional Concept of Empowerment and Disempowerment

The Formal, Psychological, and Social Disempowerment of the Many

Empowering the Disempowered Many

The Formal, Psychological, and Social Empowerment of the Few

Disempowering the Empowered Few

How Equalising Empowerment Works

6. Considerate Conduct of Business

Conduct of Business: Considerate Conduct of Business

People: Social Orientation and Social Behaviour

Planet: Pro-environmental Behaviour

Profit: Economic and Other Performance

7. General Model of the Democratic Organisation

The General Model of the Democratic Organisation

Democratic Organisations Are Better, Do Better, and Perform Better

pt. II Attractiveness, Legitimacy, and Vulnerabilities of Democratic Organisations

8. The Case for Democratic Organisations

(Alleged) Disadvantages and Weaknesses of Democratic Organisations

Why People Start or Join Democratic Organisations

Strengths and Advantages of the Democratic Organisation

9. Legitimate and Illegitimate Organisations

Freedom of Contract and the Legitimacy of Organisations

The Legitimacy of Various Types of Organisations

Different Types of Organisation

and What to Do about Them

10. The Iron Threat(s) of Disproportional Empowerment

The Phenomenon of Disproportional Empowerment

Social Processes and Dynamics Detrimental to the Democratic Organisation

A Sequence of Disproportional Empowerment

Consequentialist and Non-consequentialist Arguments against Disproportional Empowerment

People's Part in the Emergence of Disproportional Empowerment

People Who Consciously Strive for Power and Empowerment: `Anti-social Perpetrators'

People Who Cause Disproportional Empowerment Accidentally: `Unreflective Doers'

People Who Let Disproportional Empowerment Happen: `The Disengaged'

Preventing the Threat(s) of Disproportional Empowerment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Diefenbach, Thomas, 1965- Democratic organisation

ISBN:

9780367362195

0367362198

9780367361464

0367361469

OCLC:

1133126797