The starting point for discussing co-determination and involvement is Section 10(6) of the Danish University Act, which states that: ‘The Board must ensure that co-determination and involvement are available to employees and students when making important decisions’ (translated from Danish).
Co-determination and involvement work side by side with the single-tier management hierarchy. For example, employees and students can participate in discussions and express their opinion and thereby seek to influence decisions in SDU’s various collegiate bodies, liaison committees and health and safety committees. As representatives serving on these bodies, employees and students are ensured co-determination and involvement. The right to co-determination and involvement does not mean that employees and students can determine the outcome of decisions, neither in whole nor in part, but that management must take their statements etc. into account in its work.
It is the responsibility of the management and the board to balance the fact that the University has a single-tier management and that staff and students are entitled to co-determination and involvement.
Co-determination and involvement work side by side with the single-tier management hierarchy. For example, employees and students can participate in discussions and express their opinion and thereby seek to influence decisions in SDU’s various collegiate bodies, liaison committees and health and safety committees. As representatives serving on these bodies, employees and students are ensured co-determination and involvement. The right to co-determination and involvement does not mean that employees and students can determine the outcome of decisions, neither in whole nor in part, but that management must take their statements etc. into account in its work.
It is the responsibility of the management and the board to balance the fact that the University has a single-tier management and that staff and students are entitled to co-determination and involvement.