Managing Employment Relations Assesment

Running Head: MANAGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
MANAGING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Fox’s three frames of reference.......................................................................................................2
Unitarism.....................................................................................................................................2
Pluralism......................................................................................................................................3
Radicalism...................................................................................................................................3
Solution............................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Reference.........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Industrial relation is also known as the employment relation where an employment
relationship has been made between the employers and the employees. The clash of interests and
cooperation in terms of negotiation between the employees and the employers are part of the
industrial relation. This report is going to analyse the case study of Jetstar by different theories of
industrial relation that are called Fox’s three frame of reference and then provide a solution for
Jetstar to resolve the issue.
Fox’s three frames of reference
Unitarism
From the unitarist perspective of industrial relation, it can be stated that the relationship
between the organisation and the employees must have been based on cooperation. Both the
employees and employers must understand their different interests and create an effective
measure so that it will harness different interests and create same values and goals that can help
to develop both the business organisations and the employees as well (Cooper et al., 2009). This
theory advocates that business organisations are not evil or exploiters rather companies are also
interested to create a healthy relationship with the employees so that both can get benefits from
the organisational development. Based on this understanding, it can be stated that in case of
Jetstar the unitarist approach was never follow because the management was more interested in
profitability and overlook the interests of the employees (Janda, 2020). Therefore, it became
evident to face a conflict between the employees and the employers.