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Employment relations(tripartism) (8 ways to maintain good employment…
Employment relations(tripartism)
Indi: person-person r/s(eg managers & emp)
Group: r/s of group of emp & org(eg. unionised/non-unionised company)
Industrial relations: formal r/s between management & union
5 phrases:
Antagonistic:rejection & block effort
Adversarial: fear of 'being taken advantage of'
Mutually tolerant: passive(only give when asked)
Co-operative: work as team
Creative r/s: matured & react to changes
Tripartism: collaboration among unions(NTUC), employers(SNEF) & govt(MOM)
help boost sg economic competitiveness, promote good labour management relations & contribute to overall progress
key issues: job re-creation, train workforce, fair & progressive employment practices
8 ways to maintain good employment relations
Fair compensation(dont short change workers)
Safe & healthy working condiitions
Opportunity to use capabilities
Opportunity for self-improvement, promotion
staff training & development
Social integration & identity in org
take pride in work
happy working in company
Compatibility between job role & other life roles
Involved in dec making that will affect work
Trust, responsibility & mutual understanding at workplace
Benefits
Decrease turnover, absenteeism, strikes
6 challenges:
Changing profile of workforce
Increase in older workers
more training, re-employment
Better educated workers
Higher expectations & needs
Generation gap= conflicts
More females
more childcare facilities, part time jobs
Diverse workforce
Foreign workers
levy & quota
managers need to know cultural diff in communication & expectations
Foreign professionals
Managers must be able to MOTIVATE the professionals who are HIGHLY qualified from diff culture
Venturing overseas
Relocate operations to other countries cause: high wage, labour shortage, new markets
impt to know employment laws & management practices there
Tech & virtual org
need to CO-ORDINATE work from diff offices
telecommute, e-biz
Reorganisation, merger & retrenchment
restructuring & privatisation
to be competitive
workers affected
biz opportunities
plan to open up more outlets
expand overseas
Envt factors
recession, financial crisis, natural disasters