Determinants of Industrial Relations in Organisation: A Proactive Approach

Abstract

In the changing phase of industrial relations and the increasing potential for conflict in industry, the field of industrial relations needs to reinvent itself and face the present situations. The cost of conflict resolution in industry is very huge. To this extent, this paper directs the discipline of industrial relations towards what is called proactive industrial relations that seek to prevent conflict rather than waiting to deal with it when it arises. The tool of critical analysis was used to develop a proactive industrial relations model. It is hoped that this model, apart from offering new practical insights for industrial relations, it also opened new perspective for future study of industrial relations. Conclusively, industrial relations practice need to be transformed towards proactivity rather than reactivity. Thus, this will ensure that industrial crisis are dealt with proactively.

Keywords: Determinants, Industrial Relations, Proactive