Partnership and adversarial approaches to union relations

This CIPD Level 7 video explores partnership and adversarial approaches to union relations as part of 7HR01 Strategic Employment Relations, directly addressing assessment criteria AC 1.3 on critically evaluating employer strategies towards trade unions. The video examines key approaches including traditional adversarial relationships, partnership models, sophisticated paternalism without unions, low-cost non-unionism, and employee-owned firms, enabling you to assess whether these strategies are genuinely fit for purpose within modern employment relations. By viewing this content, you'll develop the critical analytical skills required to evaluate how organisations strategically manage union engagement and gain insights into contemporary labour relations practice.

Assessment Criteria 1.3

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About 7HR01 – Strategic employment relations

This unit focuses on different perspectives of employment relations and the cooperation and conflict that varies between workplaces. There is a key role that institutions beyond the workplace play in shaping people management policy and practice within organisations, and a wide variety of models to emerge, meaning that outcomes are less predictable and relationships must be handled with great care.

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