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interference but as consuliation. In this way smooth com-
munication will be established between the various institutions
hence avoiding unnecessary conflict and pluralisation.

I will end my address on this question of consultation which is
the hand-maid of successful system of workers’ participation in
management. The Presidential Directive No. 1 of 1970 is itself a
good example of consultation at work. Its production was

preceeded by lengthy discussions in the Labour Advisory Board
where NUTA and the Federation of Tanganyika Employers as
well as public officers are represented. It is my belief that this fac-
tor has contributed a lot to the general understanding and ac-
ceptability of the Directive.

In the same way it will be very useful for worker represen-
tatives in the management executive committees and in workers’
councils to seek the views of the workers in their departments or
sections on various matters of discussion. In this way they will be
aware of the positions and feelings of their fellow workers before
discussions are concluded. The same is true of NUTA nominees to
Boards of Directors. Even though they are under no obligation to
speak on behalf of NUTA and could not in any way be required
to adopt the views of NUTA the system is likely to work much
more satisfactorily if such nominees felt free to consult with the
leaders of NUTA especially on controversial issues with direct
relevance to the workers of the enterprise concerned.

It is not my intention to proclaim commandments on the sub-
ject of workers’ participation in management. I have simply been
thinking aloud on necessary conditions which in my view have to
prevail if Directive No. 1 of 1970 is to succeed. I have stressed on
the need to take into account political and human factors, the
necessity for a sustained programme of workers education and to
discard out-dated habits and practice. I have also touched on the
possibility for various institutions of workers’ participation to co-
operate instead of quarelling on matters which may be of common
interest to them all. The key-word for all concerned is consultation.
In the spirit of workers’ participation and the democracy which it
implies, I hope that your conference is going to find time to
scrutinise them and perhaps enlarge upon the list. Every one of us
has a duty to make sure that this system upon which we have pin-
ned our democratic hopes as well as economic and sociological ex-
pectations is a positive factor as it is intended to be.

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