Pluralistic Perspective - Approaches to Industrial RelationsIndustrial Relations

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Manu Melwin JoyAssistant Professor

Ilahia School of Management Studies

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Approaches to Industrial Relations

Pluralistic Perspective

• Fox believed that this view of

the organization probably

represents the received

orthodoxy in many western

societies and is often

associated with a view of

society as being post

capitalist.

Pluralistic Perspective

• This perspective is based on

the assumption that the

organization is composed of

individuals who coalesce into

a variety of distinct sectional

groups, each with its own

interests, objectives and

leadership.

Pluralistic Perspective

• The organization is perceived as

being multi structured and

competitive in terms of

groupings, leadership, authority

and loyalty and this gives rise to

complex tensions and competing

claims which have to be managed

in the interests of maintaining a

viable collaborative structure.

Pluralistic Perspective

• The underlying assumption of this

approach is that the organization

is in a permanent state of

dynamic tension resulting from

the inherent conflict of interests

between the various sectional

groups and requires to managed

through a variety of roles,

institutions and processes.