Question 2 of the screenshot below. 500 words excluding references (Harvard referencing system), title and sub-headings. Bullet points are encouraged for that business report style. Attached below is the assignment, rubric as well as notes on Alan Fox's discussed in lectures.

Alan Fox's work:

Frames of reference & the employment relationship:

Frames of refetene determine how managers manage, how employees respond & what other societal groups think also;

Alan Fox (1966) identified 3 main frames of reference & their influence on approaches to the employment relationship.

Approaches to Industrial Relations:

Unitarist

IR is grounded in mutual cooperation, teamwork, and a sharing of common objectives

no legitimate conflicting interest — conflict is pathological

trade unions are regarded as competitors for employee commitment and cooperation, interfering with managements’ right to manage

Pluralist

organisations are coalitions of competing interest groups - it is management’s role to mediate those interests 

unions are legitimate representatives of employee interests;

a strong union movement is a necessity; 

stability in IR is product of concessions and comprises between management and unions 

Radical or Marxist

conflict between employer & employees is inevitable product of competing interests of employers & employees in our society

trade unions are logical employee reaction to exploration and part of political process to fundamentally change society

HRM is manipulative and exploitative of employees.