Prevailing models of organisation divide people into owners managers and employees forcing especially the latter to obey to behave and to function well within a hierarchical and managerial pecking order. However there is no natural law suggesting the need for such organisations not in market economies and definitely not in modern democratic societies â and there is no justification for such types of organisation. Arguing that most current organisations are orthodox hierarchical anti-democratic oppressive unfair and unjust this book presents a viable alternative a better type of organisation â the democratic organisation. Diefenbach develops and provides step by step a systematic comprehensive thorough and detailed general model of the democratic organisation. He describes the democratic organisationâs fundamental principles values governance management structures and processes and the ways it functions and operates both within the organisation and towards others and the environment. Crucially and most importantly the democratic organisation provides the institutions and organisational context for individuals to maintain and pursue their fundamental freedoms inalienable rights and dignity; to manage organisations in democratic participative and cooperative ways; and to conduct business in considerate balanced and sustainable ways. This book will be of interest to researchers academics practitioners and students in the fields of management organisation studies strategic management business ethics entrepreneurship and family business. . Language: English