Essex Employee Relations – BE 414 Name: Alexei Leon Student number: 1102810 Word count: 1512 The unitarist approach to management and organization suggests that trades unions are‚ in Kelly’s (1998; 2005) terms‚ ‘managers of discontent’. . Discuss This essay will debate the unitarist perspective by comparing it with three other important UP:12/11/2012-11:48:17 WM:12/11/2012-11:48:19 M:BE414-5-AU A:12a1 R:1102810 C:2412B3C20A137A45C1C1045F0B3995EAA87D0190 employee relations theories:
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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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EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Employee relations in hotels and catering is about the management of employment and work relationships between managers and workers and‚ sometimes‚ customers. The employee relations can be briefly divided in some “factors” i.e.: Unionisation Structure Culture Collective bargaining Negotiation Consultation Conflict Management Empowerment Grievance & disciplinary 1.1. Unionisation All employees‚ in every kind of business‚ are united by “unionisations”‚ which are employees’ organisations
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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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NOW YOU SEE IT‚ NOW YOU DON’T The case of Jet Airways and its Accounting Policies Presentation Outline 1. Jet Airways - Company Background 2. Airline Industry Background 3. Main Issues a. Highlights of First Quarter 2008 Results b. 1st New Policy: Adoption of New Depreciation Method c. 2nd New Policy: Foreign Currency Exchange Differences d. 3rd New Policy: Revaluation of Fixed Assets 4. Summary 2 Company Background India’s largest private domestic and international airline Promoted by Naresh
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THE UNITARY AND PLURALIST VIEWS There are two 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
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References: Bacharach‚ S. and Lawler E.‚ 1981‚ “Power and Tactics in Bargaining” Industrial & Labour Relations Review‚.34(2):219-233 Bazerman‚ M Burton‚ John W‚ 1987‚ Resolving Deep-Rooted Conflict: A Handbook. Lanham‚ MD and London: University Press of America. Carnevale‚ P. J.‚ & Pruitt‚ D. G. 1992‚ “Negotiation and mediation”‚ Annual Review of Psychology
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Jet Airways takes off with Citrix P50 1. What problems does Jet Airways hope that Citrix technologies will solve? The inefficiencies of the old system Jet Airways used were costing Jet Airways the time of its engineers and money that could have been used on maintaining its planes‚ instead of needlessly maintaining excess inventory. They weren’t able to interact with one another or with finance and inventory systems. Jet Airways turned to Citrix Systems for help in addressing these problems
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Employee Relations Issues Individual Research Project Employee Relations Issues By Oksana Kirsanova GB520: Strategic Human Resources Management Kaplan University April 25‚ 2011 Abstract Abstract The aim of this report was to explore the problems and trends of Employee Relations and learn how the right approach can control organizational success. If a small amount of time is spent on implementing an effective performance management system within a company then it can lead to a large impact on
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Leadership and Improving Employee Relations Patricia Solano MGT 210 December 11‚ 2011 Keith Jacobs Leadership and Improving Employee Relations In Chapter 15 of Supervision: Key Link to Productivity‚ there is a survey to determine what type of leader a person is (Rue & Byars‚ 2004). I took that survey and I scored 68 in leadership and 32 supervisory. What this means is the person who is a leader tends to get things done with motivation and guidance to get the best possible
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