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codetermination

codetermination

7.7
A system where workers and managers make company decisions together through chosen representatives
  • noun
  • /ˌkoʊdɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən/
  • Formal
: codeterminación
  • Executive reluctance to share power where the Constitution mandates codetermination seems both ungracious and politically ill-advised.

Examples

  • The process of reunification requires the codetermination of the two Korean regimes on the basis of equal rights and obligations, but not completely on the basis of a fifty-fifty mathematical principle.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Such a re-examination should be conducted in the spirit that is now making itself felt everywhere, signs of liberating the reader, making him, if not an equal, then at least a partner of the author, and allowing him certain limited rights of codetermination.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I think there is a lot of "co" and much "determination" involved in codetermination.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Although we cannot discern our fundamental choice with certainty, especially given the codetermination of our choices by the guilty situation of sin, we can and must trust God to rightly know and judge the state of our hearts.

    Academic text (2009)
  • After all, it was in anticipation of the possibility for institutional bloody-mindedness that prompted the framers to draft a Constitution that called for a codetermination of foreign affairs.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The new policy was developed through codetermination, allowing employees to have a say in important decisions.

  • In order to create a fair workplace, the management emphasized codetermination between staff and leadership.

  • The workers' union advocated for codetermination to ensure their voices would be heard in the decision-making process.

Synonyms

concertation
vscodetermination
  • UK
1 9.1

People talking and working together to reach an agreement or plan

gives worker groups formal representation and a role in management decisions

How Participatory

codetermination
  • Formal
7.7
participation
226 2.8
consultation
108 4.1
management control
  • Specialized
3 4.1
controlling
75 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

codetermination = determination (transparent) = co + determine + ation

The meaning is directly derived from the productive prefix 'co-' (together/joint) added to 'determination' (decision/resolve), yielding joint participation in decisions.

Etymology

The word codetermination combines co- 'together' and determine 'to decide'. So it literally means 'deciding together', which explains why it refers to systems where workers share in management decisions.