of the organization involved in the production process. Participation means more than input from production workers. It also means that managers must be a part of the production process (Scherekenbach, 1991, 35 40).
Recent studies indicate the presence of a positive correlation between manufacturing productivity and production worker involvement in the plant floor decision making processes. A popular name applied to this type of group decision making process is Quality Circles. The quality circles concept brings workers into the organizational decision making process, a requirement of TQM, CQI, team building, and most other quality seeking procedures. Similar outcomes have occurred under similar circumstances in health care environments (Sibben, 1992, p. 17).
Decision making in organizations has been described as a process of behavior with the economic model (or total rationality)
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