ADMS 3422 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Joint Committee, Espn Bottomline, Pension

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3422
• Professor: Michael Mc Garry

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Main differences between individual and collective negotiations includes: individual negotiations bilateral in nature; only two parties involved in the outcome. Collective bargaining is multilateral involving employees, unions, supervisors, and higher-level managers where each may have distinct interests and pressures: issues may be inherently adversarial; may have some potential for mutual gain or may be a combination of both. Collective bargaining more complex because all three types of issues often negotiated at the same time: in collective bargaining the relationship between the parties is ongoing. In individual bargaining the parties will most likely never see each other again. Definition: form of negotiations in which two parties compete over the distribution of some fixed resources. Usually categorized by an adversarial or competitive style. Assumes some degree of conflict (conflict of interest) between the parties labour and management. Conflict can also occur over the control management exerts over issues such as the pace of work, downtime, and disciplinary standards and procedures.