Masters Thesis Evaluating Organizational Democracy

If democracy means to balance interests among members of a community, why in most work places the interests of a minority in charge prevails over the majority of employees?

What is organizational democracy and why does it matter? Do you feel your opinion matters in your work place? What is the role of organizations in building democracy? How to design evaluations able to measure empowerment outcomes and its managerial model in order to improve democratic practices?

In this presentation I propose a framework to assess the democratic practices of empowerment in non-profit organizations.

The purpose is to identify principles that strengthen empowerment and examine how they are applied in the managerial and training/educational practices of the organization.

These principles translated in actions for participants and organizational stakeholders, served, in this case study with Juventud FACETA to design an assessment protocol that can be used as an evaluation tool by democratic programs.

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Prezi Presentation: Feel free to copy. I will like if you  keep me informed about the outcomes of your use of this study. http://prezi.com/w5gsyzeyhusj/evaluating-organizational-democracy/

You are invited to advocate for democracy in the work place! The event will take place at the University of Oregon Oct. 31, at 3pm, Lawrence Hall, room 249. This is the Master’s Thesis Oral Defense of Kelly Tavares.

This research was possible due to the support of: International Cultural Service Program Juventud FACETA Patricia Cortez John Fenn Deborah Johnson-Shelton Doug Blandy Homero Penteado

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