International Employment Relations Review‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 2‚ 2002 49 WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS? Peter Slade University of the Sunshine Coast This article examines the question as to whether or not a new paradigm of employment relations is emerging. In doing so‚ it examines the nature of ideologies‚ and argues that the specific adoption of pluralism and the joining of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management as a prerequisite to the evolution of a new field of enquiry is misplaced. It
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respond to worker concerns and needs. 2 Why do people need soft skills in an era of high technology? People need soft skills in an era of high technology for several reasons. Technology is often a tool rather than a tutor or teacher; therefore‚ human help will always be necessary when workers and individuals are learning to operate new technology. I.T. support staff need to have soft skills in order to carry out their jobs‚ which involve dealing with people as well as dealing with technology.
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1. What is the nature of self-esteem‚ how does it develop‚ and what are its consequences? The nature of self-esteem is the experience of feeling competent to cope with the basic challenges in life and of being worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is developed from a variety of life experiences‚ many of them being from early life. Childhood experiences are key to developing long term healthy or low self-esteem. A person’s success and failures also play a role in development. Experiences later in
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Human Relations Human relations can be defined as a study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal and social relationships in work environment. In order to improve work productivity‚ achieve successful teamwork and understand the importance of managing people‚ it is necessary for managers to develop appropriate ways how to do it. Human relations management has become a concern of many companies. To increase work productivity each company must create a way how to motivate their
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Management Human Relations Perspective The human relations perspective is a way to manage a corporation where the employees are viewed as social beings with complex needs and desires as opposed to just units of production. It is based on the works of Abraham Maslow and Douglas McGregor in the mid twentieth century. This perspective places an emphasis on the social networks found in a corporation and uses gratification‚ not depravation‚ to provide motivation in the workplace. The human relations
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PROJECT TITLE: Impact of NPM and HR on Traditional Industrial Relations Systems TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3 Introduction Pages 4-8 Literature Review Pages 9-13 Traditional Industrial Relations System Pages 14-18 Traditional Public Sector Model Pages 19-21 Analysis and Findings Page 22 Recommendation Page 23 Conclusion Page24 Bibliography In many Commonwealth Caribbean Countries since the early 1960’s‚ there have been attempts at Public Sector
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Human Relations Part 1 By Michael Milone‚ Ph.D. Author Acknowledgement Dr. Michael Milone‚ your course author‚ brings the authority of experience to the Human Relations course. As an educator‚ his teaching experiences provide insight concerning problem areas in his students’ development. As an author‚ he addresses these areas so that his students and others can succeed. Developing Reading Powers‚ texts designed to teach reading comprehension‚ and Scoring High‚ texts designed to improve
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Hamilton Acorn presentation on Systems Theory and Human Relations Systems theory within organisations states that businesses retrieve inputs from the external environment‚ transform these inputs from processes and procedures and then out put them back into the environment. Below is a diagram to illustrate this with examples of each. The inputs generally come from other organistaions outputs‚ and the outputs of organisations tend to become inputs for other organisations. Within the
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signed up for an internship at Meggitt Incorporated in Troy‚ Indiana to be their accountant’s assistant. Through the three months I have been there I have learned a lot about the world of accounting‚ but what I have also learned the traits and qualities that a good employee possesses‚ and also what qualities and traits a bad employee possesses. Not only that‚ but examples of bad employees. As a result of this knowledge of the work place‚ I now know how an employee can get fired from their job. Attendance
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According to Bennett (1997): “Scientific management is based on the philosophies of economic rationality‚ efficiency‚ individualism and the scientific analysis of work”. Taylor is still known as the father of scientific management. All the way through his time Taylor was trying to improve shop floor productivity; many of Taylor’s principles came from his own personal experience. Taylor discovered new phenomenon called “soldiering” while he was working in a factory. Taylor came to conclusion that
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