EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
NAME: K.SRI VIDYA
STUDENT ID: S0273759
Contents
Executive Summary 1
Introduction 2
Risks faced by the trucking company 4
The blue collar unions 5
References 6
Executive Summary
In any organization the main managerial activities consist of planning, organizing, staffing, directing supervision, coordination and task management essentially on the part of the part of the managerial heads so as to achieve managerial goals effectively and efficiently, which is called the organizational structure. In today’s organizational structures, managers play a very vital role in the achievement of goals of the organization. It is extremely important to note that in all organizational structures the opinions and the needs of employees are to given much attention.
The nature of employee relations in any organization has a lot to do with the managers of the firm, taking into consideration the extent of their views in shaping the structure of the organization they work in. When it comes to analysing the employee relations and the need of its betterment, it is most important to pay attention towards the human resource management which to make sure that the staff in the firm is satisfied with the present working conditions and has a reasonable standard of living so as to contribute effectively towards the set targets of the firm. It has a lot to do with the policy standards, basic framework and system in an
Organizing is a function of arranging people and resources to work towards goals. To achieve those goals in effective and efficient manner it is important to have a good knowledge of the team’s skills. Lack of motivation in the team, fear of undervaluation or poor attitude could fail the goals and on the other hand enthusiasm, motivation and given responsibility can bring successful results in reaching the goals. In other words the company’s objectives can be failed if the wrong person is chosen for the task. Manager is a person who chooses
Executive Summary: Employee relation keeps the business in track. As employee or workforce is the main asset of a company, every company tries to maintain good relationship with the employees. Here ASDA/Wal-Mart has joined in the conflict with the employees regarding trade union. As a result they have faced many problems. In this assignment we have discussed What ASDA/Wal-Mart could do in that situation what are the ways to keep effective employee relations.
One of the most fascinating types of commercial trucking is heavy hauling. Many big objects, such as multistory buildings, are built on-site. However, the outdoors isn't a suitable environment for building some big objects such as large machines or specialized structures. They're built indoors at point A, and then transported to point B via heavy hauler trucking. Many of the biggest of these operations are logistical masterpieces.
The world of business has undergone radical and dramatic changes in the last decade changes that present extraordinary challenges for the contemporary manager. A manager is an organizational member who is responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the activities of the organization so that the goals can be achieved. According to a widely referenced study by Henry Mintzberg, managers serve three primary roles: interpersonal, informational, and decision-making. Management is process of administrating and coordinating resources effectively and efficiently in an effort to achieve the goals of the organization.
Management comes with countless responsibilities in order for the business to run smoothly and successfully. In order to achieve the goals of the company as well as the managers own goals, it is essential to keep employees motivated, keep the customer satisfied, and increase profits. “Management is defined as the process of administering and coordinating resources effectively, efficiently, and in an effort to achieve the goals of the organization.” (Lewis, 5).
The various roles of a manager in a company will be decided by their style of management and the way they handle various situations in an organization. The two of the main styles are autocratic and Democratic (Jordan, 1977). With a contrast in both the style, every management style comes in a way between these two opposing management styles. Autocratic style is oriented towards the results and the strict rules and procedures that should be followed by the employees whereas in a Democratic style the manager is completely oriented towards people and their needs and hence employees and customers are the main themes for his management. The choice of management style will suit according to the required situations as every style is not fit for every scenario and hence an efficient mapping must be done. It is an art of getting the employees and the projects on a platform and to have a vision to extract the best out of all to come over an excellent result. There cannot be a single management style that will incorporate every required feature for an efficient and effective management style. Management style is the soul of a bonding amongst the employees (Morris, 1992) so as to motivate them to work together towards a strengthened goal. It is expected that a manager must be a glue to integrate all the employees and must have attribute of a
Employee satisfaction were based on some aspects which is supervision, ergonomics, the safety policies of the workplace, the condition of the workplace , the employee salary and interpersonal relation that exist in the workplace. These results have been helpful for anticipating representative turnover and hierarchical adequacy.
The management functions of planning, organizing, controlling and leading are considered to be the best way of describing the manager’s role in the workplace. This can also be said when considering the best way to classify accumulated knowledge about the study of
“Management is the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of mankind and other resources to achieve organizational goals efficiently and effectively (University, p 4 2011)”. The greatest achievement of an organization is to provide goods and services that customer’s value. The managerial department of an organization has the power to determine the performance of the employee’s, which directly affects the quality of the service or product that is being supplied to the customer. “Managerial tasks are essential for effective management, which involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling (University, p 6 2011)”. Planning is the process of identifying the suitable goals of an organization and how they will be implemented in the company. Organizing is the procedure that determines the departments of an organization. When departments have been established the next step is to decide who will work best at a particular job. The development of organization inside a business will form the organizational structure for the company. “Leading is the ability to inspire and organize individuals to work as a team to complete the goals of the business in an efficient and effective manner (University, p 9 2011)”. Controlling is being able to assess the procedures of a company and eliminate or change any strategy plans that are not showing high- performance levels. Controlling may consist of monitoring
Despite the numerous research conducted based on managerial processes, elaborating on ‘what management do’ is a debatable task since organizations are very unique and the task done by the management in these organizations differ from one another. But most of these researches agree on common set of functions which are shared by the executives of the modern-day corporation (Robbins, DeCenzo,2012, Pg.8). As suggested by the French industrialist Henri Fayol in the early twentieth century management process consist of; planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling. However, scholars who researched on this topic during the recent years has condensed all functions mentioned by Fayol into; planning, organizing, leading and controlling (Waren, Bedeian, Breeeze,2002, Pg. 908-910). Every organization strive to achieve either the
In this article author Gary Hamel clearly defines the problem which is related to management and its styles of using them in current management theory and practices in modern style and how it can impact the daily operations of an organisation. It mainly focus on the importance of management Managers in an organisation that how managers can becomes a heavy tax to the organisation because “more will be the and more will be the cost they have to bear” as it can affect the growth of an organisation. This article shows the major difference between hierarchy and self management model and how does self management model is far better than hierarchy model by giving an example of one of the largest American tomato processor company and imagine the company with no managers. And how managing the resources of an organisation has become a difficult and expensive task because now a days managers are required at every level or departments in which managers take 3 times more salary or incentives than first level employees. Organisations which follow typical hierarchy model has to bear more risk and uncertainties because power to take decisions lies in one hand which make it more complex system. In this article author compares hierarchies from the market as managers are the one who can coordinate the activities of market not the market as author shows the importance of freedom and flexibility to organisation with proper
In order for an organization to achieve its set goals and objectives, it requires resources. These resources include land, capital, labor and entrepreneurship. Labor is a valuable resource because it carries out the operations of the organization. This enables the organization to achieve its mission and vision. Labor refers to people who work in an organization, in other words, the employees. However, for these employees to be productive, they must have good relations with fellow employees and management. Healthy employment relations aid the employees to deliver best performances, which in turn enables the organization to attain the set goals and objectives.
Employment relations (ER) is the legal link between employers and employees which includes formal and informal rules that manage the employment relationship and encompasses social processes (reciprocal rights and obligations) that create and enforce these rules (Kramar, 2011). It is mainly concerned with the behaviour and interaction of employees in the workplace and exists when a person performs work or offers his services under certain conditions in return for remuneration (Organisation, 2011). While Industrial relations (IR) covers all the particulars of working conditions, pay and aspects of the job itself within the employment relationship between an employer and an employee (Sappey, et al., 2009), Human Resource Management (HRM) corresponds to the management, hiring, organisational development, employee motivation, administration and training for the people who work in the organisation (Heathfield, 2015). Employee relations is more concerned with preventing and solving problems which come up out of or affect work situations i.e. its purpose is to
Management is one of the most important human activities and has critical impact on life, growth, development or destruction of an organisation. In an organisation, managers with any rank or status should understand their basic duties i.e. maintaining a sustainable conductive environment where people can fulfil their commitments and objectives through collaborative approach. (Akhtar, 2011) A manager is responsible to achieve the business’s goals, visions and objectives by planning, organising, leading and controlling. Dubrin (1994) stated that in every organisation each member of staff must plan, organise, make decisions, and control the resources they need to accomplish the results expected
In an organization, manager is “someone who coordinates and oversees the work of other people so that organizational goals can be accomplished.”(Robbins, Bergman, Stagg & Coulter, 2012, p.10) Managers play an important role as the organization requires their skills to overcome the challenges in chaotic times. Besides, manager is vital to make sure all the work activities operate smoothly and thus achieve the goals efficiency and effectively. There is said to be three specific categorization schemes which are functions, roles and skills to describe what managers exactly needed to do at each level of management.