Self-managed management
Introduction
In the field of the organization, self-management (which means autonomous administration "Autonomy (philosophy and psychology)")), also called (in the context of an autonomous execution process) executive process, is the use of any method, skill and strategy through which the participants in an activity can guide the achievement of their objectives with autonomy in the management of resources. It is done through goal setting, planning, scheduling, task tracking, self-assessment, self-intervention and self-development.
Self-management aims to empower individuals to meet objectives on their own, such as within the departments of a company (see: matrix scheme). It includes various aspects of the organization, such as personal preparation to assume competencies[1] and leadership and teams or work groups.[2].
The origin of the concept can be found in the world of business administration, and today it has come to be used in the fields of education[3] and psychology. It is a concept highly used in social movements.
Self-management and Cooperatives
Conceptual approaches that start from the definition of autonomy, call self-management the constitution and functioning of institutions or communities based on the autonomy and decision-making capacity of people.[4] Therefore we can also assimilate it to a quality democracy[5] or to a kind of comprehensive participation.
The self-organization of producers in cooperatives is another historical embodiment of self-management. Work or production cooperatives have been demonstrating for almost two hundred years that workers can manage companies without the boss.[6] There are numerous cases of the recovery of factories by their employees, a situation that is common in times of economic crisis such as the one suffered by several countries at the end of the century and the beginning of the century.[7].
Cooperatives are part of the broader set of self-managed or self-management organizational forms, where what identifies them is the democratic management of the company by the workers themselves. In this sense, it is about taking the solution of problematic issues into our own hands, and thus achieving our needs with our own work, creativity and effort, managing resources democratically and in the interest of all. This form of organization is not only present in the economic sphere, it is possible to see self-managed organizations also in the public sphere, in local governments, and in politics.[8].