Employee relations and new realism

Employee relations and new realism Definition of Realism 1. According to Butler , "Realism is the reinforcement of our common acceptance of this world as it appears to us." 2. According to Swami Ram Tirth , "Realism means a belief or theory which looks upon the world as it seems to us to be a mere phenomenon." 3. According to J.S. Ross , "The doctrine of realism asserts that there is a real world of things behind and corresponding to the objects of our perceptions." A historical review of British industrial relations, with a focus on more recent legislation, reveals that, while the prospects for renewed growth in union membership are bleak, the experience of severe recession has focused the attention of union representatives and managers alike on the survival of the business unit in which they themselves are employed. This developing "enterprise consciousness" will be reinforced by the current trend toward decentralized...