The Importance of Participatory Decision Making in Designing Quality Jobs
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The idea of tapping into workers' wisdom and involving them in decision-making to improve business performance, create better workplaces, and support workers' job satisfaction and well-being is not new. Though the concept of worker's voice has been popularized in recent years, participatory decision-making (PDM), the extent to which employers involve workers in decision-making, has a long and established history in the U.S.
The Aspen Institute's new issue brief, "The Importance of Participatory Decision Making in Designing Quality Jobs," dives into the history of PDM, how it contributes to better jobs and improved business outcomes, and how it is used to address an array of challenges with a particular focus on how firms respond to technological change and create effective work-based learning programs. The brief also highlights examples from employee-owned companies that create participatory environments to illustrate further how firms can unleash workers' creativity and innovation.
Organizations working to advance job quality, facilitate employer practice change, and help businesses and workers succeed together will find this brief helpful in understanding PDM and how it can be used to support the mutual success of workers and businesses. We hope that the brief helps advance the discourse on job quality and workers' voices and that job quality practitioners and their funders can identify meaningful opportunities to apply PDM in their work.
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- Resource Publication Date: 2024
- Posted by: Christina Stocks
- Posted in: Critical Sectors Job Quality Grant