Industrial Relations Section E & W

Assignment 1

Name: Nabeel Tahir Roll number: MBA1Y02183021

Section: W Subject: Industrial Relations

1- If you are the managers of an organization, suggest what improvements will you bring

with respect to industrial relations? (Take organization of your choice and you have to
understand the industrial situation of the organization first and then suggest)
Answer:
As we know that industrial relations have become one of the most delicate and complex problems of
modern industrial society. Industrial progress is impossible without cooperation of labors and
harmonious relationships. Therefore, it is in the interest of all to create and maintain good relations
between employees and employers. Industrial relations are the relationships between employees and
employers within the organizational settings. The field of industrial relations looks at the relationship
between management and workers, particularly groups of workers represented by a union. Industrial
relations are basically the interactions between employers, employees and the government, and the
institutions and associations through which such interactions are mediated. The term industrial relations
have a broad as well as a narrow outlook. Originally, industrial relations were broadly defined to
include the relationships and interactions between employers and employees. From this perspective,
industrial relations cover all aspects of the employment relationship, including human resource
management, employee relations, and union-management relations. Now its meaning has become more
specific and restricted. Accordingly, industrial relations pertain to the study and practice of collective
bargaining, trade unionism, and labor-management relations.
Method of Improvements within Industrial Relations
1. I the first thing that I will do is to fulfil the fundamental desires of employees. As in the first place,
I will give serious attention in fulfilling the fundamental desires of employees. It may often appear
that employees are interested only in higher wages. shorter hours, and better working conditions.
So, I will try to achieve this by making wages higher, reducing hours of work per day, and
improving good and working conditions.
2. I will increase the morale of employers and try to achieve maximum outcome from the employee
by giving them incentives, bonuses, and trainings.
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3. I will try to increase employees’ satisfaction and retention by behaving good with them, giving
them salaries and wages on-time, and sharing parts of my profit.
4. I will develop an effective communication channel for employees and employer in organization.
5. I will also create working and effective environment where everybody can share their problem and
can get the solution from other and where subordinates and employers can interact with each other
6. As a manager I will use try to involve the employees within organization process and increase their
collaboration.
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Assignment 2
Name: Nabeel Tahir Roll number: MBA1Y02183021

Section: W Subject: Industrial Relations

2- Some people say that trade union and labor movement are the same. According to
what you have studied, what are your view and please elaborate?
Answer:

Dimension Trade Union movement Labor movement

It is an association of the people at work It is a movement of the working class for the
Concept formed to protect and promote their common causes and interests of the workers.
interest.
It has a limited scope. It looks to the It has a wider scope. It looks to the interest,
Scope interest benefits and small number of benefits of the entire working class.
people
Nature The movement is made by the worker. The movement is made for workers.
Period of origin It started much later, may be during It started much later, may be during last quarter
second decade of 20th century. of 19th century
Its objective is to protect and promote the Its objective is to generate and promote a
Objective interest of employees through generating feeling of association, class consciousness, self-
a climate of mutual understanding trust reliance and solidarity.
and confidence.
Emphasis Emphasis is given for well-being of Emphasis is given to develop a spirit of
workers/ employees who are the combination, solidarity amongst worker that
members of the concerned union. may help to change the mindset of the
employees for overall betterment of the worker
class.
Result Its activities may bring immediate result. It takes a long time to achieve results.
Formation It is formed with the employees of the It is composed of many forms of organizations
concerned organization having common need to serve a common
interest of the worker.
Control Its activities are regulated/controlled by The statutory control is less in its normal
statues, laws activities.
Degree of It does not convey high degree of It gives the message to manifest higher degree
consciousness consciousness amongst workers of consciousness amongst workers.
Basis It is an essential basis of labor movement It has a separate entity but It cannot exit
without trade union, because they are the
principle schools in which workers learn a
lesson of self-reliance and solidarity
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Assignment 3

Name: Nabeel Tahir Roll number: MBA1Y02183021

Section: W Subject: Industrial Relations

1) Explain in brief the collective bargaining procedures in an enterprise with which

you are familiar (Explain comprehensively in detail).
Answer:
Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees
aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other
aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers. The interests of the employees are
commonly presented by representatives of a trade union to which the employees belong. The
collective agreements reached by these negotiations usually set out wage scales, working hours,
training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms, and rights to participate in
workplace or company affairs
It is collective in two ways. One is that all the workers collectively bargain for their common
interests and benefits. Second is that workers and management jointly arrive at an amicable
solution through negotiation. Collective bargaining procedure start after charter of demands
which is submitted to the management by the union. if there is an agreement exist in
organization then it remains in the operation till the date of expiry of the agreement or the date
on which fresh agreement is signed latter. So the involvement of parties may be like:
1. One company and one union
2. One company and more than one union
3. More than one companies and one union
4. More than one companies and more than one union
If a company is involved with single union the collective bargaining become a process or
procedure and it is easy but in some cases it becomes complicated. It has three phases.
 Pre-negotiation Phase
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 Negotiation Phase
 Post negotiation Phase

1. Pre- negotiation phase:

This is the stage before starting collective bargaining. At this stage, the management wants to
estimate the power and capacity of labor unions. At this stage, all the relevant data, information
and figures are collected so that the stage may be prepared for negotiation. It has some steps:
i- Determination of negotiation
It includes the following steps
a- Select the representative union through secret ballot
b- Select union through verification of membership by government agency
c- Bargain with united forum of unions constituted with representatives of all unions in
proportion to their verified membership, for the purpose of negotiation in bargaining
ii- Ascertaining the bargaining strength:
It is very important for both parties to ascertain its strength to carry on bargaining with its
desire objectives and also strength of other party that may create obstacles to the success of
bargaining.
iii- Preparation for negotiation:
Before start of negotiation both union and management prepare themselves to success the
bargaining successful. So different parties do work for grips. and also sustain facts each party
prepares its arguments with necessary data for compel to agree.
iv- Planning for strategy and tactics:
Bargaining process involve strategic activities that are pre-requisites for effective bargaining.
Strategy is concerned with mapping out the plan and basic policies to be followed I the
bargaining process. So, it is decided to take overall plan to proceed at the bargaining table to
achieve its objective and for such purpose some strategies are taken.
2. Negotiation Phase
Negotiation phase is essentially a process of advancing proposals, discussing and criticizing
them, explaining and exploring their meaning and effects, seeking to secure their acceptance,
or making counter proposals or modifications for similar evaluation.
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3. Post Negotiation Phase

The last step of collective bargaining is the post negotiation phase. After negotiation process
is completed it needs to prepare agreements to ratify and approve it and implement it. So,
this post-negotiation phase consists of three phases/stages. Steps are:
 Pre-ratification of agreement stage
 Ratification of Agreement stage
 Implementation of Agreement
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Assignment 4

Name: Nabeel Tahir Roll number: MBA1Y02183021

Section: W Subject: Industrial Relations

1) “Discipline is an orderly behavior.” How will you justify this?

Answer: Discipline refers to systematic instruction given to a disciple. To discipline thus means to

instruct a person to follow a particular code of conduct “order”. The word “Discipline” comes from
the word “Disciple” meaning a learner. Discipline means tearing to obey certain rules. Without it,
there will be complete chaos and disorder everywhere in our society.

Discipline is of great importance in every walks of our life. Without it, we cannot prosper in this
world. There cannot be any peace or happiness in the family, if there is no discipline. All the
members must obey the head of the family. So we must first learn the lesson of discipline at home.
We must obey the orders of our superiors. In our childhood, we do not know what is good for us.
If we do as we like, then we shall be ruined. An army cannot win a battle if the soldiers do not obey
the orders of the commander.

Examples and importance of disciplines in several fields of life:

Discipline is very important in the battle field. If there is no discipline among the soldiers, they
cannot win any battle. They do great harm to the country. The country becomes weak. A disciplined
army is great source strength to the country.

Every student should practice discipline in his school life. The teachers cannot properly teach in the
class if the students are not disciplined. Just think of a school, where the students come at irregular
hours, go home when it suits their sweet will. Little education can be imparted in such a school and
such little education will not be of any use. Students will not be able to prepare themselves for
examination, and their results will be poor.

Discipline is also necessary in a man’s individual life. Without self-discipline a man can never shine
and succeed in life. In public life, discipline is of great value. A nation cannot rise, if the people do
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not know the value of discipline. People must follow their leaders. If people go on according to their
own wishes, there, cannot be any order and no useful work can be done by them.

An organization cannot be successful if the people do not obey its laws and rules. Similarly, no play
is possible, if the players do not follow the rules in the playground. The leader must learn to rule
him. If he cannot rule himself, he cannot rule others.

It has also to be remembered that those who are not disciplined themselves cannot expect
obedience from others when they themselves are put in power. As everybody hopes to rise to
power this should teach to submit to discipline in their own lives. In the classroom discipline is
regarded as a code of conduct that both teachers and students agree upon and cooperate in its
enforcement. I insist on cooperation and agreement in classroom management. So, in the end I
would like to conclude by saying that yes it is right that “discipline is an orderly behavior”.