Industrial democracy Experiments in Norway in the 1960s

Chapter 5 is about a national organizational development project focusing on industrial democracy in Norway in the 1960s. Industrial democracy was understood as employee representation in the boardroom and as increased co-determination on the shop floor. The project was called the Norwegian Industri...

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Published inAction Research in Organizations p. 154
Main Authors Marianne Kristiansen, Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Verlag Barbara Budrich 14.12.2020
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Summary:Chapter 5 is about a national organizational development project focusing on industrial democracy in Norway in the 1960s. Industrial democracy was understood as employee representation in the boardroom and as increased co-determination on the shop floor. The project was called the Norwegian Industrial Democracy Project (NIDP) or the Cooperation Project. It was inspired by the socio-technical analysis developed by the Tavistock researchers. The chapter is about increased participation in the form of the introduction of self-managing groups in organizations. We will analyse the first and fourth experiments in the Cooperation Project and also bring in examples from experiments in the
ISBN:3847424459
9783847424451
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv1bvndqw.10