Which of the following describes an employee involvement strategy which requires organizational commitment at all levels of the organization, especially management, for it to be effective?

Question

Options

• AEmployee suggestion systems
• BAlternate work schedules
• CParticipative management
• DTeams

• B
  7% (2)
• C
  89% (24)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Participative management (C) is the only strategy that fundamentally depends on top-down organizational commitment - it requires managers at every level to genuinely share decision-making authority with employees, and if upper management doesn't model and support this culture, the entire approach collapses. Employee suggestion systems (A) are one-way feedback mechanisms that can function without deep management involvement - a suggestion box works even if management is indifferent. Alternate work schedules (B) are an HR/logistics arrangement (flex time, compressed weeks) that require administrative support but not philosophical commitment across all leadership levels. Teams (D) can be effective in isolated pockets without organization-wide buy-in, as a single department can run self-directed teams independently.

Memory tip: Think of "participative" as needing participants at every level - the word itself signals that everyone, especially management, must actively take part for it to work.

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