TECHNOLOGICAL

CHANGES IN
INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
CONCEPT OF TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGE

Technology is an instrument of
development.
Affects various aspects of economic
and social life.
TYPES OF TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGES

Scientific Management
Change in location of plants
Shift in product demand
Change in machinery
Automation

RATIONALIZATION &
AUTOMATION
Rationalisation implies a basic change in
the structure and control of industrial
activities. Its techniques can be applied to
methods, material and men.
In Automation, technology itself controls
the operations. The machine provides data
from its operations and feeds it back to its
own controls which governs the
production process.

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGES

Employment issues- business alliances, E-
recruitment, Jobs become Intellectual
Management strategy- Corporate
restructuring, Planning for change well in
advance, Participation of employees
Trade Union response- Fear of losing jobs,
Fear of losing comfort in an organisation
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