Chapter 16: Labour Relations Labour union: an officially recognized association of employees practicing a similar trade or employed in the same company or industry who have joined together to present a united front and collective voice in dealing with management. -the purpose of unionization are to influence HR policies and practices that affect bargaining unit members such as pay and benefits. Labour- management relations: the ongoing interactions between labour unions and management in organizations
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Public Relations Lecture Notes Public Relations as a Management Tool: Research and Evaluation The four–step process includes: 1) defining the problem or opportunity‚ 2) planning and programming‚ 3) taking action and communicating‚ and 4) evaluating the program. Research‚ Planning‚ Communication‚ and Evaluation are the four steps in the process. Research is the systematic gathering of information to describe and understand situations and to check out assumptions about publics and public relations
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problems associated with industrial relations‚ it is desirable to study its various evolutionary phases. Practically speaking‚ the growth of industrial relations in India is in no way different from that of other parts of the globe. The various stages of industrial relations progressed from primitive stage to factory or industrial capitalism stage. The emergence of tripartite consultative system and voluntary and statutory approach to industrial relations‚ immensely contributed to the growth
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There are 3 perspectives on understanding the nature of workplace rules. They usually are referred to as ‘frames of reference’. The first debate on frames of references was made by Fox (1966)‚ when he described and showed the differences between unitary and pluralist approaches. Unitary approach is the system based on employers and his employees’ identity of interest. There is only one source of authority and one focus of loyalty. This is the reason that in unitary approach work is based on team
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Discuss a historical turning point in New Zealand Employment Relations. “Parliament‚ in the last 100 years or so‚ has a lot to say about conditions of work and the relationship between employers and their employees” (Deeks & Rasmussen‚ 2006). There have been many industrial disputes regarding the arbitration system between 1894 and 1991 which has influenced changes to New Zealand Employment Relations. One of the many industrial disputes was the waterfront industrial dispute 1951. This dispute in
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Human Relations can be defined as the term which “covers all types of interactions among people- their conflict‚ co-operate efforts and group relationship. It is the study of why our beliefs‚ attitudes and behavior sometimes cause relationship problem in our personal lives and work related situation”. (Communication for Management‚ class notes‚ 2012) Effective human relations have an influence on our work by creating a good atmosphere‚ the climate of cooperation and trust promotes productive workers
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the first step the employee is given the grievance in an informal oral manner so a quick resolution can be made‚ and before a written record is established. The second step in the grievance procedure is to present the grievance to the industrial relations representative or (IR). The IR representative is familiar with the union’s contract and decides on a disciplinary action or if the grievance involves an employee discharge then the union will take it to step three. In step three the employee has
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explaining the state of industrial conflict in Singapore presently. An employment relation is the relationship between managers and employees in an organisation which is usually informal – for example‚ between supervisors and subordinates. At the industrial level‚ the relationship between the management of an organisation and its union is more formal and referred as industrial relation which is a subset of employment relations (Tan‚ 2007). Industrial conflict is the total range of behaviour and attitudes
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ABTRACT Our aim was to study and analyse the Industrial Relations at Shrinivas (Gujarat) laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Our focal point was its West Bengal manufacturing plant and for this plant we have tried to explore how the management and the employees have been interacting in the organization. We have tried to find answers to a few questions in relation to Industrial Relations and related it with the theoretical understanding that we possess thereby applying our classroom learning while studying
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the book Labour Relations in the Global Fast Food Industry (Royle & Towers 2002) and its key findings the product of the authors’ ideological frame of reference? Or is it the product of genuine‚ objective research? Introduction Employment relations is the study of all aspect of work and the interaction between the management and the employees or the employee’s representative such as the Union (Ackers and Wilkinson‚ 2005). The underlying beliefs of employment or labour relations are often implicit
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