UNIT – I Lesson 1 HRM – AN OVERVIEW Lesson Outline Nature of ...

MEANING AND DEFINITION
UNIT V
LESSON I
INDUSTRIAL REALTIONS
Industrial relations are concerned with the relationship between management and workers
and the role of the regulatory mechanism in resolving any industrial dispute. A formal
definition is “ concerned with the systems, rules, procedures used by unions and
employers to determine the reward for effort and other conditions of employment, to
protect the interest of the employed and their employers, and to regulate the ways in which
employers treat their employees”.
The international Labor organization (ILO) stated that “ industrial relations deal
with either the relationships between the state and employer’s and worker’s organizations
or the relations between the occupational organizational themselves”.
The concept of industrial relations has been extended to denote the relations of the
state with employers, workers and their organizations. The subject, therefore, includes
individual relations and joint consultation between employers and work people at their
work place; collective relations between employers and their organizations and trade
unions and the part played by the state in regulating these relations.
From the various definitions given above, we understand that:
• Industrial relations is an outcome of employer-employee relationship in an
organization
• Industrial relations facilitates harmonious relationships in an organization by
setting a framework for the management and the employees
• Industrial relations is based on mutual compromise and adjustment, for the benefit
of both the parties involved
• The state and the legal system also have a role to play in the maintenance of a
conflict- free industrial environment
The different parties in the system with a well-defined role are the management., the
employees and the unions.
CONCEPT
• Industrial relations are that aspect of management, which deals with the manpower
off the enterprise – whether machine operator, skilled worker or manger.