Örgütsel Demokrasi: Örgüte neler kazandırabilir?

Öz

Bu çalışma, örgütsel demokrasi ve onun örgüt üzerinde olumlu etkisini tartışan bir makaledir. Örgütsel demokrasi, örgütün üyelerinin örgütün yönetim ve süreçlerine katılımını ifade eder. Örgütsel demokrasinin örgütsel ve bireysel performans artışı üzerine yaşamsal önemi literatürde yeterince vurgulanmamıştır. Örgütsel demokrasi, örgütün sosyo-moral atmosferini, çalışanların davranış yapısını ve örgütsel bağlılığını olumlu bir şekilde etkiler. İşyerindeki bu olumlu davranışların artırılması, örgütsel bağlılığın ve sadakatin yanı sıra iş barışının geliştirilmesine katkıda bulunur. Demokrasi paradigmasını örgütsel düzeyde gerçekleştirmek, örgütsel etkililiğin önemli bir anahtarı olarak görülüyor. İş yerinde demokrasi, örgütsel kararların paylaşılma sorumluluğu, daha fazla çalışan özerkliği ve stratejik yönlendirme gibi konuyu ele alır. Kurumsal iradenin birlikte kullanılması güçlendirilmesini ve yönetime katılmasını ifade eder. Örgütteki demokratik uygulamalar, çalışanların seslerini duyurmalarını, bilgi ve becerilerini geliştirmelerini sağlar. Ayrıca, çalışanların işlevsiz davranışlarını organizasyonun verimliliğini ve performansını geliştirmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Örgüt Çalışan Örgütsel demokrasi Örgütsel demokrasinin yararları

Organizational Democracy: What can it add to the Organization?

Öz

This study is a review article about the organizational democracy and its positive impact on organization. Organizational democracy refers to the participation of the organization’s members to the management and processes of the organization. The vital importance of organizational democracy on organizational and individual performance increase is not emphasized enough in literature. Organizational democracy affects the organization’s socio-moral atmosphere, the behavior structure and the organizational commitment of the employees positively. Increasing these positive behaviors in workplace contribute to the development of organizational commitment and loyalty and also business peace. Carrying out the democracy paradigm at the organizational level is seen as a key for more organizational effectiveness. Democracy in the workplace handles the subject like sharing the responsibility in the rganizational decisions, more employees’ autonomy and strategic orientation. Organizational democracy which means using the institutional willpower together refers to a managerial approach requiring participant management and reinforced employees. Democratic practices in the organizations provide the employees to be heard their voices and developing of knowledge and skills. Also they reduce the dysfunctional behaviors of the employees, increase their organizational commitment and improve the efficiency and performance of the organization.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Organization Employees Organizational democracy The benefits of organizational democracy.

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