Co-management at work In Venezuela A field study of the co-management process in the state owned aluminum plant Alcasa

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This essay gives insight to a process of state initiated democratization of the workplace in a third world country. The essay examines the ongoing process of democratization in a state owned aluminum plant in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. A process of co-management is taking place in the Aluminum plant of Alcasa. The initiator of the co-management is the former revolutionary and now president of the company whom has been directly appointed by President Hugo Chávez. In recent years there have been spontaneous experiments with worker management and co-management in Venezuela. The process of co-management in Alcasa is by some seen as an inspiring and revolutionary success story. This essay tries to describe the co-management in Alcasa and examine the impact it is making on the workers of the factory. The organizational structure of the co-management in Alcasa is examined with the Tony Honoré ownership theory thus clarifying what the co-management means to the workers in the form of control and ownership. The thesis also ...