Industrial Relations and Technological Change

Industrial Relations and Technological Change

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Industrial Relations (IR)  

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Definition Changing Patterns

Concepts of Technological Change Impact of Technological Change on IR Trade Union Response Rationalization & Automation  

Definition Response in India

Industrial Relations 

Definition: ◦

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 A particular set of phenomena associated with regulating the human activity of employment. The making and administering of the institutions and rules of work regulation. Socio - Industrial conflict (in all its forms) and its resolution. Explicit and implicit bargaining employees and employers.

between

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Changing Pattern: A degree of Regulated Labour market

Free and Unregulated Labour markets

Concepts of Technological Change 

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Technological change (TC) is a term that is used to describe the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. Technology is development.

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instrument

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It affects various aspects of economic and social life.

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Types of Technological Changes Scientific Management or

Changes

Time & Motion studies

Location of Plants

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Shift in Product Demand

Change in Machinery

Automation

Impact of Technological Change on Industrial Relations The two major concerned factors are : ◦

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The impact of technological change on levels of employment and the nature of skills. The growing resistance of trade unions to technological changes .

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Trade Union Union Response 

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Fear of Unemployment Redundancy and Problems of Retraining Major Benefits of Improved Technology Workers Hardest Hit by Modernization Negotiated Change Appropriate Training Accent on Team Work Supportive Management Practices

Rationalization & Automation Automation 

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implies a basic change in the structure and control of industrial activities. Its techniques can be applied to methods, material and men.

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technology itself controls the operations. The machine provides data from its operations and feeds it back to its own controls which governs the production process.

Response in India 

Cotton-textile- Workers Workers accepted it. ◦

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 Jute- International Competition ◦

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- Introduced in the form of efficiency measures. -Additional strain & Inadequate increase in earnings.

- Progress slow, Dependence on foreign country for Raw Material

Coal- Rationalization in larger mines, old methods in small mines