self-management
noun
- competence to make a personal and professional development largely independent of external influences
- form of management where the organization gives freedom and shows trust in the individual employee to lead themselves
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From self- + management.
- a form of management encompassing self-directed work processes by an organization's workforce with or without joint control by workers and management.
“The self-management idea has many variants. All the workers may manage together directly, by means of an assembly, or indirectly by electing a supervisory board. They may manage in co-operation with a group of specialized managers or they may do without them.”