Course Description: School/Portfolio: Course Code/ID: Course Title: Teaching Location: Program(s): Author: Level: Semester: Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Exclusion(s): Credit Points/ Progress Units: ASCED Code: The Business School BUHRM2602 Industrial Relations UB Sydney B. Management or such Dr Patrick O’Leary Advanced 2‚ 2013 BUHRM1501 Introduction to Human Resource Management Nil Nil 15 080309 Adopted Reference Style APA Australian 1 COURSE ORGANISATION: 1.1 Student Responsibility
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Of what relevance is an understanding of the Unitarism/Pluralism debate to our understanding of organisational life? Introduction Organisational life in modern times has changed significantly over the years. Whereas once upon a time it was a place in which senior managers’ and owners’ sole purpose was to rule in order to fulfil their objectives through the organisation made up of its subjects‚ the employees‚ today it is now made up largely of a complex partnership of employees and employers
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Employment Relations Essay Introduction: Unitarism‚ which also called human resource management‚ it is an organization is perceived as an integrated and harmonious whole with the ideal of one big happy family‚ where management and other members of the staff all share a common purpose‚ emphasizing mutual cooperation. Another opposite approach is pluralism which called industry relationship. There are no common interest in the organization and different loyalty and authority inside. This essay
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PERSPECTIVES UNITARY THEORY Workplace “has one source of authority and one source of loyalty” (Fox 1996: p. 3) - Dunlop (1958) argues that in a unitary theory‚ work organizations are integrated institutions with workers and management working in harmony. - Thus no conflict thesis is a dubious integration. It thrives on assumptions that all workers identify not only with the aims of the enterprise but also with the operating methods (Seifert 1992)
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Industrial Relations: Ideological Perspectives By Femi Aborisade Centre for Labour Studies & The Polytechnic‚ Ibadan aborisadefemi@gmail.com INTRODUCTION This paper identifies the key theories in industrial relations and draws out their implications on the concern for achieving ‘basic needs for all’. The following theories are examined: the political theories of Unitarism and Pluralism; the economistic theory; the democratic and political theory; the moral and ethical theory‚ and the
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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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bray_Chapter 01 11/8/04 3:01 PM Page ii Chapter 1 THE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Chapter 2 THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK AND EMPLOYMENT bray_Chapter 01 11/8/04 3:01 PM Page 1 part one the n a t u re and c o n t e x t of industrial re l a t i o n s bray_Chapter 01 11/8/04 3:01 PM Page 2 bray_Chapter 01 11/8/04 3:01 PM Page 3 chapter one the study of industrial relations learning objectives After reading this chapter you should be able
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Who are the main actors in the industrial relations system and describe precisely what they do. Abstract Jamaica like the rest of the Caribbean islands had had a difficult formation. Because of the problems of incorporating this Caribbean Society there have been by and large certain problems which have manifested its people and relationship its economy‚ political and social structures. Jamaica labour relations are deeply rooted in the experiences of slavery and in the Plantation System.
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Conflict in the workplace is a complex and multifaceted issue facing all Australian employees and employers. It differs from person to person‚ and organization to organization but the resolution must be resolute as the consequences for a business could be dire. It is important to understand firstly why conflict occurs‚ and whether or not there are systems in place to minimise its impact to the organisation. “The goal of management is to coordinate all available resources to produce an end result”
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Theories of industrial relations: The political theories of Unitarism and Pluralism The economistic theory The democratic and political theory The moral and ethical theory The Marxist theory 1. The political theories of Unitarism In unitarism‚ the organization is perceived as an integrated and harmonious whole with the ideal of "one happy family"‚ where management and other members of the staff all share a common purpose‚ emphasizing mutual cooperation. Furthermore‚ unitarism has a paternalistic
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