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S/HR/284. History of industrial relations in UK: from trade unions to human resource paradigm

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2000
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2010
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29.99 GBP

The paper looks at the development of industrial relations in the UK discussing the decline in UK Trade Union (TU) membership over the last thirty years, the low point in the UK economy during 1979, the increasing discontent towards industrial relations, the policy of Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative government, the rise of human resource (HR) paradigm with the focus on the “common interest” between employers and employees, and the possibility of industrial harmony.

 

KEYWORDS: industrial relations, industrial harmony, trade unions, human resource,

 
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