Industrial Relation
The year was 1986 and there was labor unrest in one of the Mumbai factories. Multiple unions were trying their best to assert their dominance. The result was that the work stopped for six months. The strike witnessed two murders, one on a local train in broad daylight and the other near the factory gates.
There has been an intellectual debate, both in the academic circles as well as in the industry, on whether the industrial relations function and the human resource management function have virtually merged in the present day or will soon merge in the future. This debate has been triggered by several socio-economic factors like the improved
Wage security is one of the three major problems faced by the Indian workers; the others being employment security and social security. Rate of wage or income of the citizens is the factor to identify a country as poor or rich. It is very distressing to note the raging controversy among the Planning Commission of
Globalisation, in its present phase, began in the late 1980s with the rapid growth in information technology. The year 1991 was when India started the process of structural reforms that moved the focus of development from controlled economy to a market oriented economy. The same year witnessed the fragmentation of the Soviet Union into 15
A proud alumnus of TISS, Dr. Santrupt Misra is CEO, Carbon Black Business and Director, Group Human Resources of the Aditya Birla Group. He is a Director on the Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited Board, the apex decision making body of the US $40 billion Aditya Birla Group. We met him at his office
Friends, It is important for us to appreciate what the central dilemma in Industrial Relations is. Essentially it is Control vs. Commitment. This goes to the root of the issues; nay, actually it is the root of the issues! As IR managers we exercise ‘Control’ element to the highest level. If you don’t do this,
