UNI

TONE:OBJECTI
VESOFI
NDUSTRI
ALRELATI
ONS MBA-
ll
l(HRSpz)

Thewor kingsofanindust
ryaresimil
art othatoft heworld,i
notherwordsitcanbesaidthati
tis
miniatur
ewor l
dIndustr
ial
relat
ionsareinteract
ionbet weenwor kmen,supervi
sor
ystaff
,
managementandempl oyer.
Thisassociati
onaf fectstheeconomi c,
socialandpoli
ti
call
if
eofthe
wholecommuni t
y.I
naddit
iontothei
rprimar yobjectiveofbringi
ngaboutgoodandheal t
hy
rel
ationsbetweenemployersandempl oyees, I
ndust r
ialr
elat
ionsaredesigned.

1.Devel
opmentofHeal t
hyLabourManagementRel
ati
ons:Pr
omot
ionofheal
thyl
abour
managementr
elat
ionspr
esupposes,

(a)Theexi
stenceofstr
ongtradeunionsandassoci
ati
onoftheemployer
sinthei
ndustr
y.These
organi
sati
onsenhancejobsecuri
ty,
helpsi
nincr
easedworker
spart
ici
pati
onindeci
sionmaking
andgiveslabouradi
gnif
iedr
oleinthesociet
y.

(
b)Spi
ri
tofcol
l
ect
ivebar
gai
ningandwi
l
li
ngnesst
otaker
ecour
set
ovol
unt
aryar
bit
rat
ion.

(c)Wel
far
ewor kwhetherst
atutor
yornon-
stat
utorypr
ovidedbythest
ate,
tr
adeuni
onsandt
he
employ
ers,cr
eatesandimprovesgoodandhealt
hylabourmanagementrel
ati
ons.

2.Mai
ntenanceofI
ndust
ri
alPeace:

(
a)Machi
ner
yfort
hepr
event
ionandset
tl
ementofi
ndust
ri
aldi
sput
es:

(i
)Enact
mentsl
i
keI
ndust
ri
alDi
sput
esAct
,Tr
adeUni
onsAct
,Indust
ri
alEmpl
oyment(
Standi
ng
order
s)Act
.

(
ii
)Workscommi t
tee,
concil
i
ati
onoffi
cer
,boar
dofconci
l
iat
ion,
cour
tofenqui
ry,
labourcour
tand
'
nati
onal
tri
bunal
forsett
lementofdi
sput
es.'

(b)Governmentshoul
dhavethepowertorefert
hedisput
estoadj
udi
cati
onwhentheindust
ryi
s
facedwithaneconomiccol
lapseonaccountofcont
inuedst
oppageofpr
oduct
ionduetolong
stri
kes/
lockout
s.

(
c)Gov
ernmentenj
oyst
hepowert
omai
ntai
nst
atusquo.

(
d)Thepr
ovi
sionoft
hebi
par
ti
teandt
ri
par
ti
tef
orumsf
ort
heset
tl
ementofdi
sput
es.

(e)Thecr
eati
onandmaint
enanceofi
mplementat
ioncel
l
sandeval
uati
oncommitt
eeswhich
havethepowert
olooki
ntothei
mplementat
ionofagr
eement
s,set
tl
ementandawards.

3.Dev
elopmentofI
ndust
ri
alDemocr
acy:

(a)Par
tici
pat
ivemechanism :Establ
ishmentoft
heshi
pcounci
l
sandj
ointmanagement
counci
l
satthefl
oorandt
heplantlevel
.

b)Conduc
( i
veenv
ironment:Conduci
vemat
eri
alandsoci
alenv
ironmentwher
ethewor
ker
canadj
ustandadaptmustbemadeav
ail
abl
eathi
swor
kpl
ace.

(c)Recogniti
onofhumanr ightsinindustry:Thisi
mpli
esthatl
abouri
snomor eanar
ti
cleor
commoditywhichcanbepurchasedanddisposedofaccor
dingtothewhi
msoft he
employ
ers.Theyar
etobetr
eatedashumanbei ngsandgi
venasenseofself
-r
espect
.

d)I
( ncreasei
nlabourproduct
ivi
ty:Fact
orsthatcontr
ibutet
ohigherpr
oducti
vi
tyare(
I)
i
mprov
ementi
ntheski
ll
ofworker
s,(
ii
)improv
ementi nproduct
iondesi
gn,
(i
ii
)improv
ementin
t
heoutput
.

(4)ToavoidIndustr
ialConf
lict:Toavoi
dindust
rial
confl
ictorst
rif
eanddevel
opharmoni
ous
rel
ati
ons,
whichareanessent
ialfact
ori
ntheproducti
vi
tyofworkersandt
heindust
ri
alpr
ogr
ess
ofacountr
y.

(5)Cooperati
onofbot h:Tosaf
eguar
dther
ight
sandi
nter
est
sofl
abourandmanagementby
secur
ingcooperat
ionofbot
h;

6)Gov
( ernment alcont
rol:Tobri
ngaboutgovernment
al cont
rol
oversuchuni
tsandpl
ant
s
whi
charerunni
ngatlossorwhereproduct
ionhastoberegulat
edinpubl
ici
nter
est
.

H.
S.Ki
rkal
dyhaddi
vi
dedt
heobj
ect
ivesofi
ndust
ri
alr
elat
ionsi
ntof
ourcat
egor
ies;

i
)Improv
ementintheeconomiccondi
ti
onsofwor
ker
sint
heexi
sti
ngst
ateofi
ndust
ri
al
managementandpoli
ti
calgov
ernment.

i
i)Contr
olexer
cisedbythest
ateov
erIndust
ri
alundert
aki
ngswi
thav
iewt
oregul
ati
ng
product
ionandpromoti
ngharmoni
ousIndust
ri
alrel
ati
ons.

i
i
i)Soci
ali
sat
ionorr
ati
onal
i
sat
ionofi
ndust
ri
esbymaki
ngt
hest
atei
tsel
famaj
orempl
oyerand

i
v)Vest
ingofpr
opr
iet
aryi
nter
estoft
hewor
ker
sint
hei
ndust
ri
esi
nwhi
cht
heyar
eempl
oyed.

Inmoder nsoci etiest heroleofalabourasaf actorofproductionisbecomi ngmor eandmor e

crucialev eryday .Thest ruct
ureofthediffer
enteconomi esisfastlygoi ngunderthepr ocessof
transformat ion.Bef oreIndustr
ialr
evolut
ionthedomi nantsectoritwassecondar ysect or
compr isedofmanuf acturi
ng,constr
ucti
onet c.Howev ersincelastt hreedecades,t
het ert
iary
sector( e.g.
, commer cialservi
ceswhichwi l
lincludeadv er
tisi
ng, t
ranspor t
,insur
ance,etc)has
emer gedasamaj ordomi nantsect
orintheeconomy .
Thesest ructuralchangesarebasi call
y
responsi blef orthechangi ngdimensionsoft heI ndustr
ialrel
ations.

Fur
therr
eadi
ng:
1)I
ndust
ri
alRel
ati
onsbyAr
unMonappa

2)HumanResour
ceManagementbyLegge,
K,Macmi
l
lan
3)HumanResour
ceManagement,
Decenzo,
D.A.andRobbi
ns,
S.P.
,Pr
ent
iceHal
l
.