Employee Relations Management

Chapter Twelve

Industrial Relations: Institutional Framework for the Prevention and Settlement of Industrial Disputes

Industrial disputes issues are some of the most contentious and potentially divisive issues in many parts of the world. It is important to establish the power of prediction through a comprehensive understanding of the issues of industrial relations, particularly those covering the theoretical aspects of industrial conflict and its management in organizations, Industrial disputes are essentially symptoms of industrial unrest and reflect a lack of cooperative spirit and harmonious relations in industry. Elaborate preventive and reactive measures are put in place to minimize the debilitating social-economic-political fallouts ...