Employee relations in John Lewis partnership

EMPLOYEE RELATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1,1 Unitary and pluralistic frames of employees relations..........................................................1
1.2 Changes in trade unionism impact on employee relation in John Lewis partnership...........2
1.3 Main players of employee relations......................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Procedures to deal with conflicts among workers within John Lewis partnership...............4
2.2 Key features of employee relations.......................................................................................5
2.3 Effectiveness of procedure used in conflict situation...........................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Role of negotiation in collective bargaining.........................................................................6
3.2 Impact of negotiation strategy for solving out the situation.................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Impact of EU on industrial democracy in UK......................................................................8
4.2 Methods used for gaining employees' involvement in decision making for John Lewis
partnership...................................................................................................................................9
4.3 Influence of human resource management on employee relation.......................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Employee relation is essential to encourage workers towards team building and creating
effective environment of the entity. It is useful for creating understanding among them and
meeting goals effectively. The present report is based on understanding significance of employee
relation in John Lewis partnership firm of UK. It is private and retail sector organisation of UK
which provides groceries, food items and home products to a million people of the world. In this
regard, different forms of industrial relations are to be discussed within entity. However,
procedures to deal with conflicts among workers and creating peaceful environment of the
organisation is identified. Moreover, significance of negotiation regarding collective bargaining
and solving out the issue will be introduced in this assignment. Along with this, differences of
different methods used for encouraging employees for their involvement in working together can
be discussed. However, impact of human resource management for employee relation within
John Lewis partnership is to be understood in this report.
TASK 1
1,1 Unitary and pluralistic frames of employees relations
Unitary frame of reference:
The Unitary frame of reference shows a way of thinking, assumptions, attitudes, beliefs
& work practices' that are related to managerial or organisational management at John Lewis
partnership. It is based on the idea that in order to gain success & achieve targets, the company
has to share same goals & work practice despite different job roles & designations (Paterson,
2015). Through the unitary approach, the capability of goals & efforts through the extent of the
achievements of the targets that are been set. Workers are considered as loyal companion to the
management team & management ensures the commitment & controlling of employees working
towards goals of John Lewis Partnership, making it the core of focus & loyalty. It emphasises the
importance of avoiding the workplace conflicts between the manager & the employee.
Pluralistic frame of reference:
In Pluralistic frame of reference, the company is considered to be made of several,
individual & powerful sub groups, each with one loyalty base & own management & set of goals
(Al-Sarayrah and et.al., 2016). For John Lewis Partnership, it can be stranded between the
management & the trade unions working with the company. In pluralistic approach, the
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companies' management is fewer controlling & more biased toward employees motivation & co
ordination among each others. Conflicts are heard & resolved with negotiations & can be
directed to bring evolution & positive transformation in the company. Its helps in building better
management -employee relationship.
It emphasis on freedom of expression & development of employees is considered prior
by the leaders (Sigala and Chalkiti, 2015). The managers of different department of John Lewis
Partnership will work together to achieve goals by joining various teams, motivating the
employees to participate & coordinate their efforts while working with employees of other
group. It leads to better leadership by the management. Also, the employees get involved in
problem solving strategies & decision makings, encouraging them to get more involved in the
work process & do their respective jobs with more dedication, commitment & hard work to
achieve the targeted goals of the company.
1.2 Changes in trade unionism impact on employee relation in John Lewis partnership
Trade Unions:
The trade union is the group of individuals or organisations which works for the rights of
the employee in a company. They are usually occupation oriented & are formed as a major
organising body usually by merger of several smaller trade unions. Thus, they have the
employees of several sectors of the economy. It can be defined as an organisation which governs
the employees benefits & working conditions in a company by implementing some set of rules &
regulations which has to be followed by the companies for the employees interests (Björkman
and et.al., 2013). Their main purpose is to improve the working conditions for the employees in
employment.
The John Lewis partnership can follow some legalisation by the local governing, trade
unions to ensure the smooth functioning of the company (Khan, 2013). There are various acts of
law which can be followed by the company such as: Trade Union & Labour Relations (consolidations) Act 1992: it includes the rights of the
employees which allows them to organise or leave an organisation or a union without
suffering discrimination. Also it libels the organisation to provide with better workplace
or working conditions & business standards with the employers.
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