Meanings
nounself-management (uncountable)
- uncountablea form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.
The self-management idea has many variants. All the workers may manage together directly, by means of an assembly, or indirectly by electing a supervisory board. They may manage in co-operation with a group of specialized managers or they may do without them.
1992, David Steele, From Marx to Mises: Post-Capitalist Society and the Challenge of Economic Calculation, Open Court, published 1992, page 323
Origin
Translations
French autogestion
- autogestionjoint control by workers and management
Italian autogestione
- autogestionejoint control by workers and management
Portuguese autogestão
- autogestãojoint control by workers and management
Spanish autogestión
- autogestiónjoint control by workers and management
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