Why Employee Relation is needed in an Organization?

 

Employee relation

Employee relation means  ‘ The approaches and methods adopted by employers to deal with employees either collectively through their trade unions or individually.’ (Armstrong,2017)

‘In general [the employee relations agenda] is no longer about trade unions. There is more emphasis on direct communication, managing organizational change, and involving and motivating staff. Issues about work-life balance and the war for talent reflect a changing workforce with changing expectations.’ (CIPD,200;pp.3-4)

Different between unitarism and pluralism

Unitarism is that the management and employees share the same concerns and interests. It may be a perspective that emphasizes the shared interest of all employees of the organization. In different words, it believes that management and employees are all working for the welfare of the organization. Unitarists perceive the whole organization as joined massive family wherever everybody shares common goals and functions.

Pluralism is the belief that employers and employees are a different set of groups. And also Pluralism is the belief that the way to achieve good industrial relations is to acknowledge that various teams of employees have totally different needs, and build totally different demands. Thus, management needs to reach compromises. This belief also acknowledges conflicts and takes into account them as fascinating.

The importance of employee relations within an organization are;

1. Increased productivity

Strong employment relations go a long way in increasing the productivity of an organization on the total. Stronger employee relations, better it is for the organization. This is said because when relations between employer and employee are great, employees tend to be more satisfied and thus end up being more productive at work. And when each employee is genuinely more productive, the overall productivity of the organization shoots up.

2. Increased loyalty among employees

Creating a pleasant and productive work employment in an organization can have a drastic effect on an employee’s loyalty. And once loyalty increases, the possibilities of employee retention also increases and so benefits the organization in the long run. For many businesses having a long turnover often leads to a lot of hassles and so one has to have strong employee relations in place.

How to achieve strong employee relations?

Motivate employees

Motivating employees in an organization is the first step towards developing a strong employee relation at the workplace. Since employees motivated and encouraged, they feel, they are more loyal. And such an effort always leads to a better possible work environment and so create a great working environment.

Set proper goals

Setting proper goals for employees are important for employee relations at the workplace. Management of an organization should ensure that they are able to set proper goals for employees that can be easily achieved. Once employees see actual goals in front of them, it can often give them the urge to work more efficiently and so become more productive.

Conclusion

The importance of a strong employee relation within organizations is highly essential and it is also the key to ultimate success within an organization.  It has been proven that if a proper and strong relationship is in place and that too in a workplace, employees will generally tend to be more productive and also more efficient. 

   

• Majumder,S.(2017)why Employee Relations are important in an organization.[online] India. Available from:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-employee-relations-important-organization-sampurna-majumder/[Accessed 01 May 2021].

• Aron,(2011) Difference Between Unitarism and Pluralism. [online].Available from :  https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-unitarism-and-vs-pluralism/ [Accessed 01 May 2021].