Examines a wide range of practical methods for increasing employeeinvolvement and brings together the best of each approach into acomprehensive model for implementing participative management atall levels in organizations.

EDWARD E. LAWLER is a leading scholar and author in the area of organization effectiveness and design. He is founder and director of the Center for Effective Organizations at University of Southern California where he is also professor of management and organization in the Graduate School of Business Administration. Lawler is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books including Organizing for the Future (with J. Galbraith, 1993), The Ultimate Advantage (1992), and Employee Involvement and Total Quality Management (1992), all from Jossey-Bass.