self-management
nounEtymology From self- + management.
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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: