BUS 432 Final: CHAPTER 10 –INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION & CSR

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 432
• Professor: Dave Thomas

Document Summary

Employee representation: industrial relations as a system (balance triangle, influences of mne organization of trade union and the influences of trade unions on mne. National industrial relations system is a reflection of the society in which it operates. It can be thought of as a subsystem of society. Management, workers and gov"t are always in equilibrium in a society. In different part of the word, different elements of the relationships tend to dominate. For example in the usa the nature of the relationship largerly between management and workers and gov"t doesn"t play much of a role (adversiral). Whereas in europe gov"t plays a big role in the relationship between management and workers. Always in balance and they relate the distribution of power in the larger society. Usa the dominate power force is largely in management - commercial driven society. This system results in different kinds of industrial relationships in different societies.