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Employee relations 1EMPLOYEE RELATIONSStudent’s nameCourseProfessor’s nameUniversityCityDate

Employee relations 2Table of Contents1.0 Introduction31.1 Unitary and pluralistic frames of reference41.2 How changes in trade unionism have affected employee relations.4 1.2.1 Managers: 61.2.2 Trade unions:71.2.3 Human resource department81.2.4 Employees: 81.3 Procedures an organization should follow when dealing with conflict situations. 91.5 Roles of negotiations in collective bargaining 121.6 Impact of EU on industrial democracy in the UK. 14Bibliography 16-18

Employee relations 3Employee relations 1.0 Introduction In any organization, the relationship between the workers and the employers and therelationships among the workers themselves is crucial to the wholesome functioning of theorganization. Both labor and management are vital to any organization hence they should be wellintegrated. Employee relations are influenced by various factors which include: unions,communication, company culture, and wages (Redsteer 2006). Any organization strives to ensurethat that employees relate to the management as well as to which other in a friendly manner.There are however conflicts that arise occasionally and the human resource is tasked with theresponsibility of resolving the conflict. Legislations that govern employee relations arefrequently revised to ensure that proper working conditions exist. Organizations around theworld use different frames of references. The common types of perspectives used include thepluralistic and unitary frames of reference. The different frames both have their strengths and weaknesses and an organization selectswhichever it feels will be most effective in its operations. Both perspectives have an effect onemployee relations. Trade unions also play an important role in influencing how the employeesrelate to their employers. Legislations under which the trade unions operate influence theemployee relations and the revision of the legislation also impacts change on how employeesrelate to their employers. Trade unions also contribute to the improvement of the workingconditions of the employees and also have apart to play in resolving conflicts that arise betweenthe employees and the employers. There are set procedures that aid in conflict resolutions andthey are updated from time to time.

Employee relations 4 The Rand Enterprise is an organization that also strives to uphold good employee relations.The organization employs the pluralistic frame of reference and keeps up to date withemployment legislations. Rand Enterprise strives to maintain cooperation between the employeesand the employers against the changing background. 1.1 Unitary and pluralistic frames of reference There are different frames of reference which determine how a mangers perspective isinterpreted and applied in an organization. The unitary frame of reference usually involve only asingle form of authority and no opposing personnel exist. The organizational leaders who existserve to promote loyalty among the workers. In the unitary perspective, organizations seem to bemade up of teams that are objective towards similar goals with no conflict of interests among theemployees. Due to the singular authority in the unitary perspective, the management which is theauthority should show strong leadership so as to draft proper and lead the teams towardsachieving the set objectives. Under the unitary frame of reference, trade unions are not seen asvital in resolving conflicts and also conflicts in the organization are seen as negative and harmfulto the organization (Mother-Goddess 2010). The pluralistic frame of reference is the opposite of the unitary perspective. Under thepluralistic perspective, there are different beliefs, values and behaviors and the authority is notsingular but rather there are opposing personnel to the authority. The pluralistic perspectiveembraces conflict and views it to be helpful if well controlled within an organization. The role ofthe management is to offer solutions and guidance regarding conflicting interests. Trade unionsare also viewed as important under the pluralist frame of reference and are seen to enhance theemployee’s decision making power. Bargaining between employees and employers is also

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