Employee Relations Case Study

Task 1

Employee Relations involves the body of work concerned with maintaining employer-employee relationships that contribute to satisfactory productivity, motivation, and morale. Essentially, Employee Relations is concerned with preventing and resolving problems involving individual which arise out of or affect work situations. Heery, E. & Noon, M. (2001)

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Office of Human Relations. (2001). Retrieved on November 15, 2005, from http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/employee_relations/whatis.htm.

Pluralism-

Pluralism is, as Blyton and Turnbull (1998) have observed, far from a homogeneous or unified analytical construct. What unites pluralists, however, is the recognition that there is some underlying social structure that has the potential to create sectional groups and interests within organizations and to bring these groups into conflict with each other as they seek to achieve their separate goals.

Bray, M. and Wailes, N. 1999, ‘Reinterpreting the 1989 Pilots’ Dispute: The Role of Managerial Control and

Labour Productivity’, Labour and Industry, vol. 10, no. 1, August, pp. 79–106.

Norington, B. 1990, Sky Pirates: The Pilots Dispute that Grounded Australia, ABC Books, Sydney.

Unitarism-

The distinguishing feature that characterizes the unitarist ideological perspective towards the study of the employment relationship is the assumption that each work organization is an integrated entity with a common purpose and a shared goal. The employment relationship is based on mutual cooperation and a harmony of interest between employers and employees. There is no fundamental conflict between those who own capital and those who supply their labor; by definition, all are part of the same team.

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Task 5:

A unitarist approach implies that workers should have allegiance to only one authority usually management. In my opinion Unitarism is better than pluralism because under unitarism there are less conflicts and no rivalry. There is one party having the power and who stays in control. The employees follow the instructions of the employers. The employers have less power, which causes less coincide with rival sources of leadership. Under this approach, any other allegiances by workers, for example, to a union or other institution, is seen as detracting from their commitment to the employer. This results in less trouble in the company, and a good working environment is maintained. Also under unitarsim managing the employees is easier and convenient for employers.