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self-management

self-management noun: a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.

Noun

self-management (uncountable)

  1. a 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 of self-management

From self- + management.

Questions about self-management

What does self-management mean?
Self-management means a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.
What part of speech is self-management?
Self-management is a noun.

Words near self-management in the dictionary

  1. self-made man
  2. self-made wealth
  3. self-mailer
  4. self-mailers
  5. self-mailing
  6. self-management
  7. self-massage
  8. self-mastery
  9. self-med
  10. self-medicate
  11. self-medicated

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