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How is exchange in labour market different from exchange in product or financial market?
The nature of exchange The position of the parties to the exchange The regulation of the exchange
HR Syste ms
Equity
Efficiency of Labour
Product Market
Management
Collective Bargaining
Employees/ Unions
Labour Market
Cost Discipline
Price
Effort
Equity
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Production technology
Production chains
Source: Terry Wallace. (2000). Work Organization, Competencies and Payment Systems in the Volvo Commercial Vehicle Division, Int. Journal of 18 HRM.
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Source: Terry Wallace. (2000). Work Organization, Competencies and Payment Systems in the Volvo Commercial Vehicle Division, Int. Journal of 19 HRM.
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Point range Competency Reward
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35 37 33 34 31 32
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25 28 22 24 19 21
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27 28 25 26 23 24
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5 4 3
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2610 1560 1380
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2400
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1200
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Qualifications
More responsibility and pressure on individuals in developing new skills and competencies required for continuous development?
Employees dependency on wages will always be more disadvantage to him / her than to employers dependency on employees performance.
Therefore, the relationship between employer and employee in the labour market is uneven, asymmetrical. Asymmetry in relationships between parties is a preconditions for the exercise of power. 27
Giddens
Market Capacity i.e., employers ability to replace an employee than employers ability to secure a new job and a new employer at the same or higher wage level. The conditions of labour market will restrict or extend the behavior alternatives available to both parties.
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The employment exchange dimensions (Time, Qualifications, Wages and Performance) can be regulated at one of these levels or multiple levels.
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Mixed Regulation
The conditions of employment determined by both external and internal regulation with the employer having the power to make supplementary with his employees while complying with collective bargaining agreements. The supplementary agreements can be established either unilaterally or in consultation with the employee(s).
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Secondary
Social aspects of management like personnel policy and labour relations Derived from primary strategic choices Play a role in policy making at a later date only when it becomes clear that the primary strategy cannot be pursued without adopting a well-considered social policy. Market conditions force an employer to reconsider the traditional institutions like collective bargaining as a regulatory framework for regulating employment relationship
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Inter-organizational relations
The existence of mutual and partial dependent relationship between interest organizations.
The leadership of trade unions and employer associations need each other to gain recognition by relevant third parties (like govt.) and to continue attract members by recognizing each other as legitimate representatives. 34