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Term Paper Title	Introduction
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Introduction

The debates in the Australian Industrial Relations have been over the relative merits of collective bargaining and compulsory arbitration in their various forms. This is only to be expected when one country, as distinct from virtually all others, applies a unique approach to handling a particular set of social problems (Niland : 1982).

Argument

Collective bargaining in Australia is decentralised in that decisions are made in the organization. However, they may be able to make decision for egoist reasons and they may be the benefit wrong reasons (organisational egoism). The disadvantages of Enterprise Bargaining are for the employees and the national interest, employers level and workers level should have conscience for national profit.

Definition

Collective Bargaining is the term to describe the activity of employers through which the parties establish and administer rules and conditions of work as well as hours and wages (Chamberlain & Kuhn : 1986).

Centralised Collective Bargaining - It is the degree to which decision making occurs a central level of country. (South Korea, Sweden, Norway and Netherland)

Decentralised Collective Bargaining - It is the degree to which decision making occurs at factory level. (Australia, Canada, Japan and U.S.A)

Enterprise Bargaining presents a devolutionary stage in the dismantling of Australia's centralised wage bargaining system.

Aim of Enterprise Bargaining

· to facilitate workplace level change designed to help enterprise respond to the above external pressures.

· To increase competitiveness.

· Reduce operating and labor costs.

· Increase operational and labor flexibilities and intensify the work effort.
Function of Bargaining

· Setting conflict

· Regulating union / Management relations

· Rule-making

· Employee participation

Procedures of Bargaining

The Procedures employers and employees follow to discuss, explore and debate proposals range from formal to informal and from simple to complex. Whatever procedures the parties use to conduct their negotiations, they negotiate some of the nation's most important economic decisions. For example, one agreement may change the labor costs of a single company by millions of dollars (Chamberlain & Kuhn : 1986).

Dimensions of Bargaining

There are three views of collective bargaining.

· The marketing concept looks upon collective bargaining as a means of contracting for the sale of labor. It is an exchange relationship.

· The governmen...

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