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Australian Industrial Relations and the Management of Technological Change
Author(s) -
Deery S.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118202000308
Subject(s) - technological change , industrial relations , trade union , political science , soviet union , business , economics , international trade , law , politics , macroeconomics
Technological change and the way in which it is introduced has become an important industrial question in Australia. In recent years the Australian trade union movement has become increasingly restive about the general absence of adequate standards of job protection and consultative rights. Pressures on the unrestricted rights of management to introduce new technology without trade union participation have accordingly become more intense. This paper looks at these pressures and in particular the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry into Technological Change in Australia. It concludes that the development of consultative procedures to deal with the consequences of changing technology are essential for stable industrial relations.