the decline of union penetration, combined with the rise of Human Resources Management means that Industrial Relations has little contemporary relevance for business. Please discuss.
Question: Industrial Relations evolved in the late 19th Century, and could be seen as both a guide to, and constraint upon, management practices throughout the most to the 20th Century. However, the decline of union penetration, combined with the rise of Human Resources Management means that Industrial Relations has little contemporary relevance for business. Please discuss. TEXTBOOK:Nankervis A, Baird M, Coffey J and Shields J (2017) ‘Human Resource Management: Strategy and Practice (9th Edition)’, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne, Australia