What reasons do you to attribute to the fact that Industrial relation skills which was considered as one of the most desired and pre requisite skill for any HR person to succeed, has now become almost extinct?
VP One big reason for IR skills being at the brink of extinction has been the complex labour regime and the implementing agencies. Due to absence of fixed principles of IR management lot of IR knowledge and skills is confined to certain old hats in the organisation. These IR experts do very little to pass on the knowledge to the new generation, as also suggest the management simpler ways for settling a dispute. The management education curriculum is loaded with old laws with numerous amendments and interpretations all these years and now we have the Labour Codes which are yet to be tested by the IR Managers.
Have industries committed a mistake in assuming the lost relevance of this people management skill that...
