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Unit 5 and 6 Discussion Forum

Context

The employment relationship, at its core, is a simple exchange of time and skills for reward.  However, in reality it can be incredibly complex and whether organisations have a unitary or pluralistic perspective, they have a number of choices to make in terms of how they approach the employment relationship.

Question

In order to support strategic goals, employers must make a number of decisions about the employment relationship. Discuss what choices they need to consider and how this can affect the employment relationship and organisational performance.

Additional threads

What value can employee involvement and employee engagement add to the employment relationship and the business?

Guidelines for discussion responses

Your initial posting must respond to the question above in full and be at least 200 words long
Please try to limit all of your posts to 200-300 words maximum, so that others may be encouraged to reflect on, and respond to your ideas
Each discussion lasts for two weeks, across 2 consecutive units
You are expected to contribute a maximum of ten postings during that period, so you should respond to the postings of the other students several times
You must complete a summary post at the end of the discussion reflecting on your learning
Any posts added after the deadline or beyond the allowance of ten posts will not be assessed
You will be assessed on your contribution to this 2 week discussion at the end of unit 6
The learning outcomes for this discussion are

Demonstrate the link between business strategy and human resource management