basic views expressed about the basis of the relationship between management and trade unions in particular or employees in general: the unitary and the pluralist perspectives. The unitary view It is typically held by managements who see their function as that of directing and controlling the workforce to achieve economic and growth objectives. To this end‚ management believes that it is the rule-making authority. Management tends to view the enterprise as a unitary system with one source
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Benchmarking: A Quantitative and Qualitative Look at Southwest Airlines and British Airways In today ’s competitive marketplace‚ all firms are seeking ways to improve their overall performance. One such method of improvement‚ recently adopted by many firms‚ is benchmarking. Benchmarking is a technique used to evaluate internal business processes. "In this analysis‚ managers determine the firm ’s critical processes and outputs‚ baseline those processes‚ then compare the performance of each
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Introduction page 4 CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES page 5 Effects of Employee Dissatisfaction & Its Effect on an Organization page 13 The Effects of Employee Turnover on Remaining Employees page 14 Solutions to Industrial Discontent page15 Conclusion page24 References page 25 Introduction Industrial unrest is a disturbed state; disquietude sometimes amounting to insurgency´. It is also manifestation of mankind’s
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which are in the national interest. One of the main factors for conflict within the organisation is the lack of communication and Unitarists see this as dysfunctional and counterproductive. The Unitarists believe that conflict is not inherent in employee relations as it does not make good sense for the organisation. They see conflict as an opposite to what they stand for because it is not structural and not organised‚ they see it as frictional as it can cause rifts and
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Employee Relations Dr. Harold Griffin HSA 530: Health Services Human Resource Management February 23‚ 2012 Introduction Employee Relations involves the body of work concerned with maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity‚ motivation‚ and morale (Hopkins & Hampton‚ 1995). Essentially‚ employee relations is concerned with preventing and resolving problems involving individuals which arise out of or affect work situations. This paper will
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Table of Contents LO1: Understand the context of employee relations against a changing background. 3 1.1 Explain the unitary and pluralistic frames of reference. 3 1.2 Assess how changes in trade unionism have affected employee relations. 3 1.3 Explain the role of main players in employee relations. 4 Referen 6 LO2: Understand the nature of industrial conflict and its resolution. 6 LO1: Understand the context of employee relations against a changing background. ksjxklsjxklsjmx 1.1 Explain
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Table of contents: 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 British airways “to fly‚ to serve” 3 2.0 The organizational structure 3 2.1 Definition 3 3 2.2 How to determine the best organizational structure for British Airways? 4 3.0 Which are the organizational structures adopted by British Airways? 4 3.1 The tall structure: 4 3.1.1 How this structure helps the company to achieve it goals? 5 3.2 The customer structure: 5 3.2.1 How this structure helps the company to achieve it goals? 7 4.0 Recommendations
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REPORT ON SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP PRACTICES OF Companies. Academic excellence……… Academic excellence…….. Academic excellence…….. Academic excellence 2 Table of contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Executive Summary Introduction Purpose of the report Discussion Conclusion/Solution 3 Acknowledgment I would like to express my gratitude to my lecturer Mr. Ishri Haniffa for the useful comments‚ remarks
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Assignment Case Study Read the information about British Airways. Carry out further research by reading the latest BA annual report and articles related to employee relations at BA. The suggested titles are not exhaustive and you should find further sources. British Airways British Airways was formed in 1974 from its predecessors merging. Theses airlines were the former BOAC and BEA. British Airways was known as the ‘flag carrier’ airline for the UK‚ meaning it was the national airline and owned
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TOTAL WORD COUNT - 1032 Approach to the Assignment I have been pleased with the way in which I have tackled this assignment in terms of the final product. The research that I conducted paid off‚ in terms of providing an overview of employee relations in the Public Sector‚ the issues it has faced over the last decade and more specifically‚ its current state and what steps are being taken to improve. Once the research was finished I went about trying to find a case study in which in-depth
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