Session theme 5: Participation and leadership
The transformation of work is also changing company cultures. Rigid, top-down management styles are increasingly giving way to participatory decision-making processes which utilisze and take account of the abilities, knowledge and needs of all employees. Digitalization also offers many new opportunities to offer direct communication channels to staff and thus involve them in key processes. Digitalization also offers many new opportunities to enable staff to act as partners for communication as well as to involve them in key processes. Discussions in this session theme will address the opportunities and challenges this involves.