The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar

Trade unions are a major component of the system of modern industrial relations in any nation, each having, in their constitution, their own set of objectives or goals to achieve. Change in the political, social and educational environment has seen them rechristened as a forum that protects and f...

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Main Authors: Ghosh, Piyali, Nandan, Shefali, Gupta, Ashish
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Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2009
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description Trade unions are a major component of the system of modern industrial relations in any nation, each having, in their constitution, their own set of objectives or goals to achieve. Change in the political, social and educational environment has seen them rechristened as a forum that protects and furthers workers' interests and improves the quality of life of workers, enlarging their traditional roles of establishing terms and conditions of employment. This paper focuses on plant level trade unions, particularly those of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Unchahar plant, one of the largest and best Public Sector Undertakings of India. This exploratory study of the different trade unions operational at the Unchahar plant will also highlight their ideologies, objectives and structures. We aim to capture the changing paradigms in the roles of plant-level unions: from maintaining good industrial relations, once considered their primary role, they now work actively to improve the quality of life of workers, a role earlier considered to be secondary.
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spelling usm-364022017-09-07T06:47:48Z http://eprints.usm.my/36402/ The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar Ghosh, Piyali Nandan, Shefali Gupta, Ashish HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Trade unions are a major component of the system of modern industrial relations in any nation, each having, in their constitution, their own set of objectives or goals to achieve. Change in the political, social and educational environment has seen them rechristened as a forum that protects and furthers workers' interests and improves the quality of life of workers, enlarging their traditional roles of establishing terms and conditions of employment. This paper focuses on plant level trade unions, particularly those of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Unchahar plant, one of the largest and best Public Sector Undertakings of India. This exploratory study of the different trade unions operational at the Unchahar plant will also highlight their ideologies, objectives and structures. We aim to capture the changing paradigms in the roles of plant-level unions: from maintaining good industrial relations, once considered their primary role, they now work actively to improve the quality of life of workers, a role earlier considered to be secondary. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/36402/1/AAMJ_14-1-3.pdf Ghosh, Piyali and Nandan, Shefali and Gupta, Ashish (2009) The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 14 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/14.1.2009/AAMJ%2014-1-3.pdf
spellingShingle HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
Ghosh, Piyali
Nandan, Shefali
Gupta, Ashish
The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar
title The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar
title_full The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar
title_fullStr The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar
title_full_unstemmed The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar
title_short The Changing Roles Of Trade Unions In India: A Case Study Of National Thermal Power Corporation (Ntpc), Unchahar
title_sort changing roles of trade unions in india: a case study of national thermal power corporation (ntpc), unchahar
topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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