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Introduction

Unions and management are two crucial components for any organization. Also, management and unions play a crucial role in any organization. However, some unions feel that the organization does not compensate its members fairly, or that the organizational working conditions are less than desirable. Conversely, some employers feel that unions interfere with management decisions and impede on a positive relationship between managers and employees. There may be some truth to both perceptions. However, management and unions need to come together and achieve a great healthy work environment for everyone who is involved with the organization. So, this paper will briefly describe the role of management in an organization, discuss the role of a union in an organization, will describe two strategies/actions an organization can implement to create and maintain a conducive, working relationship with unions as well as explain two strategies/actions a union can implement to create and maintain a conducive, working relationship with management.

First, the role of management in an organization is very important. Management has many responsibilities in an organization. Management helps an organization to become successful. Without the use of management the organization will not be successful. Management is also the ones who are responsible for conducting actions linked to hiring, employee training, compensation, evaluation etc… (DeSilva, 1997).

Management also has a huge responsibility when it comes to staffing. “Staffing includes the recruiting, selecting, training, evaluating, compensating, and disciplining of employees within the organization. Staffing has become a preeminent function of contemporary managers” (Reilly, Minnick, et al., 2011). Management is also important because they to motivate their employees to become team players and complete the task at hand, resulting from using the five functions of management. The five functions of management are planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling.

Discussion

Detailed descriptions of the five functions are as follows. According to Reilly, Minnick, et al., (2011), “managers use planning to choose appropriate organizational goals and identify courses of action to best reach those goals, leading means motivating, coordinating, and energizing individuals and groups to work together to achieve organizational goals”. To ensure a conducive, working relationship with union's management can include union representatives in the planning process.

“Managers lead by explaining a clear organizational plan for its employees to accomplish, and then energizing and enabling those employees so that it is clear to each individual what part her or she needs to play in helping to achieve the organization's intended goals” (Reilly, Minnick, et al., 2011). Though management has a clear understating at the task at hand, unions are the ones who communicate better with the employees. This is when management can really relies on the union, however, effective communication must be present.

“Organizing is the process of establishing task and authority relationships that allow people to work together to achieve the organization's goals. A function of the manager's role in organizing is determining the best way to organize all resources. Controlling establishes accurate measuring and utilizes monitoring systems to evaluate how well the organization has achieved its ...