Instances where employee and management relations are hampered?? conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life and will influence organizational teams. A lesser known fact is that conflict can be healthy‚ even useful and productive. However‚ conflict can become dysfunctional and inhibit productivity if parties become entrenched‚ disputes become personal‚ or team members take sides (Chris Musselwhite). When people work together‚ conflict becomes a part of doing business. It is a normal occurrence
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“Management strategies in industrial relations are the result of constrained rational choice‚ but are always aimed at maintaining security within the organisation’s decision-making process.” Salamon (1987) If one is to fully appreciate Salamon’s statement it is necessary to understand the fundamental principles of industrial relations and be aware of relevant factors which have altered the context of the employment relationship‚ since the traditional ‘master’ and ‘servant’ relationship of the
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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 enterprise as
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Assignment Nowadays‚ “employee relations” appear everywhere‚ from small companies to the big organisations in all over the world. According to CIPD‚ employee relations is an underlying philosophy‚ along with necessary attitudes and skills‚ rather than a specific management function or well-defined activity. In fact‚ there are many problems existing in any firms or organisations. One of these which is considered by human management department is employee relations. Employee relations which used to be
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Bile EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 13/02/2014 A MARXIST (OR RADICAL) PERSPECTIVE OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP LOCATES ’THE ASYMMETRY OF POWER BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE’ AT THE HEART OF ITS ANALYSIS. (BLYTON AND TURNBULL‚ 2004: 34). The conviction that there exists a power imbalance in the employment relationship which gives employers a prejudicial benefit over employees takes its existence for several centuries. Karl Marx known for his theories and contributions related to the employment relations field
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approaches and definitions of “what employee relations is”. “Employee relations is a common title for the industrial relations function within personnel management and is also sometimes used as an alternative label for the academic field of “industrial relations”. The term underlines the fact that industrial relations is not confined to the study of trade unions but embraces the broad pattern of employee management‚ including systems of direct communication and employee involvement that targets the
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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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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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employees to deliver productive outcomes at work and within society‚ one must first consider the concept of industrial relations; later known as employee relations due to the shift in trading trends of the UK from predominantly manufacturing industries. Employee relations concentrate on the management and maintenance of the employment relationship between employer and employee. This means dealing with employees either through trade unions or individually to bargain for employment practices‚ terms
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24. Employee Relations 16/04/2014 21/05/2014 Ms. Uzma Farooq Assignment No Assignment Title 1 Understand the context of employee relations against a changing background & Understand the nature of industrial conflict and its resolution In this assignment students will distinguish between unitary and pluralistic perspectives with reference to employee relations‚ learn the changes that have affected trade unionism and be able to explain the role of the main players in employee relations
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