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The Non-Union Complaint System at MIT: An Upward-Feedback, Mediation Model
| dc.contributor.author | Rowe, Mary P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-04T22:43:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-04T22:43:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1983-12 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/165798 | |
| dc.description | This is a very early paper about intra-organizational complaint systems. This is a draft version, and the revised article was subsequently published as: Mary P. Rowe, "The Non-Union Complaint System at M.I.T.: An Upward-Feedback, Mediation Model," Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation Vol. 2, No. 4 (April 1984): 10-18. It was then reprinted in Riskin, Leonard L. and James E. Westbrook, Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, 392-404. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1987. Also found in Westin, Alan F. and Alfred G. Feliu, Resolving Employment Disputes Without Litigation. BNA, 1988. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Many corporations, universities, and other institutions have developed explicit, non-union complaint systems. The non-union complaint system at MIT is similar to those of several hundred other high-technology, white collar, and research oriented employers. The similarity is perhaps strongest with respect to what at MIT is called "redundancy": provision of enough, different, responsible channels for complaint that most people will find such a channel easily. The MIT complaint system is a mediation-oriented service, available with many other helping services, to all students and to all non-union employees including faculty and managers. It is meant to serve any member of the MIT community who has a concern. The emphasis is on communications, counselling, fact-finding, conciliation, and mediation, with adjudication where necessary. The complaints structure also serves as an explicit “upward-feedback™ channel, designed to help bring information to line managers in an orderly, timely and supportive fashion. This paper sets forth the policy (please see appendix) and a discussion of functions, structure and performance of the MIT complaint system. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation | en_US |
| dc.subject | non-union complaint system, MIT, complaint handling, ombudsmen | en_US |
| dc.subject | mediation | en_US |
| dc.title | The Non-Union Complaint System at MIT: An Upward-Feedback, Mediation Model | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mary P. Rowe, "The Non-Union Complaint System at MIT: An Upward-Feedback, Mediation Model," working paper, December 1983. | en_US |
