THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background to the study

One of the cardinal focuses of the management is the application of management strategies that would bring about efficiency and high moral among which in turn result to high productivity. To make workers to be productive, there is certain condition to be met by employers of labours. Cole (1989), is ever looking at ways of attaining such goals. This has led to carrying out of several studies with a view to harmonize both human and natural resources. One of the most vacant areas now is industrial relations. Industrial relations which has to do with attaining maximum levels of production and has to share the economic reform of organization may not be realized by the management that is has influence on employees productivity.

Industrial relations can be said to be social political and economic condition that exist between the management and the employees. It is also fundamental concerned with a complex power relationship power sharing the economic and other decision which emanates from the employment, the condition of employment and employees at trade union and the government. More importantly too is how the employees will formally be indentified with the purpose of the enterprise and how they, by effective participation both in the work effort and in the relevant decision making can find greater self fulfilment in the work place (David 1993) Pg. when the industrial relationship between the management and the employees is cordial, the organization will unquestionably be able to achieve its objective through collection and concerned efforts of motivated employment.

When employees have negative feelings on job productivity is at stake. Despite this position of industrial relations, is an organization, there seems not be any study regarding how it influences the attainment of set goals by the various management of the organization hence there is need to look into this by the researcher. It is also fundamental concerned with a complex power relationship power sharing the economic and other decisions which emanates from the employment, the condition of employment and remunerations between management and the employees of trade union and the government.

More importantly too is how the employees will formally be indentified with the purpose of the enterprise and how they, by effective participation both in the work effort and in the relevant decision making can find greater self-fulfilment in the work place. When the industrial relationship between the management and the employees is cordial, the organization will unquestionably be able to achieve its objectives through collection and concerned effort of motivated employment. In the work place, we have the workers and management team in the organization engage in formal relationship, which is purely for operational purposes.

Every organization has some set objectives which it wants to achieve, and these objectives cannot be achieved without an effective cordial relationship between labour and management, these objective: high productivity, large market size and increased asset base. The success of an organization is not only measured by the amount of profit the company can make, but also by the degree of industrial peace and harmony that can be maintained, therefore employers of labour must pay more attention to the needs of labour, so as to maintain high performance.