UG - 2016 - Industrial Relations Module
UG - 2016 - Industrial Relations Module
UG - 2016 - Industrial Relations Module
Lecture Overview
• Nature of IR
• Stakes of parties
• Proactive strategy to IR
• Role of HR department
Nature of IR
• IR covers
1) Collective bargaining
5) Labour legislation
Importance of IR
• Moral dimension
Unitary approach
Marxist approach
Approaches To IR
Unitary Approach
Employers
Employees
Employer-
Employees Employers
employee relations
Association Associations
Internal Factors
External
1. Strength and effectiveness of employers’ associations
2. The pay and employment situations at local and national level
3. The legal framework in which IR operates
Role of HR Department in IR
• Nature of IR
• Proactive strategy to IR
• Role of HR department
Trade Unions
Lecture Overview
3. Lack of power
4. Union Instrumentality
Factors Leading to Unionization
Influence of
Satisfaction Work situation management
Union instrumentality
Unionization
Strategic Choices for Unions
1. Bread and Butter vs Political objectives
Union Tactics
1. Organizing drive
2. Strike
3. Political patronage
4. Blackmail
Tactics to Remain Union Free
Adopted from: Aswathappa. Human Resource Management, Text and Cases, 2008, p. 561
HR practices and Unions