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Industrial Relations in a Developing Economy

  • Industrial Relations in a Developing Economy

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  • Author   :    J.K. Singh, B.K. Singh
    Year of Publication   :   2020
    ISBN   :   9789388147378
    Language   :   English
    Binding   :   Hard Bound
    Pages   :   528
    Size   :   23 cms
    Categories   :   2020, Economics
    Price  :  1800
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    About the Book :
    This book is an in-depth study of industrial relations in a developing economy with special reference to India.

    The book is designed to cater to the needs of the students of Labour Economics and Business Management at the post-graduate level. Students of other courses, such as Human Resource Management, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, will also find this book relevant and useful. It discusses industrial relations in the context of recent trends of the globalised economy and covers the main actors like workers and their unions, management and the government conceptual and legal framework, critical issues such as wage policy and reward systems in India, labour law reforms and the impact of technological change on industrial relations.

    The Contents of the book include the following : Labour force in the Indian economy, the nature and scope of industrial relations, globalisation and industrial relations, management and industrial relations, management and employers’ organisations, theories of trade unionism, structural analysis of trade unionism, management of trade unions in India, Personnel management : Principles and significance, participative management : A study of workers’ participation in management, the role of government in industrial relations, comparative framework of industrial relations, technological change and industrial relations, the nature and scope of collective bargaining, causes and cure of industrial disputes in India, towards a general theory of wages, wage policy and reward systems in India, meaning and significance of social security, human relations in industry, ergonomics and industrial relations, the nature and significance of the grievance procedure, labour statistics and labour research in India, code of discipline in industry and code of conduct in India, the national commission on labour, the second national commission on labour, international labour organisation and India.

    About the Authors
    Dr. Jiwitesh Kumar Singh is a Retd. Professor and Head of the University Department of Economics, B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. He is the Former Professor Emeritus, L.N. Mishra College of Business Management (an Autonomous College under B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur). Dr. Singh was also a member of the Post-Graduate Research Council, Faculty of Social Science and the Board of Courses and Studies in Economics of the University. Besides, he is the Ex-Dean, Faculty of Social Science of B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. His field of specialisation is Labour Economics, Regional Economics and International Economics.

    Dr. J.K. Singh has to his credit a number of articles and research papers published in various reputed and leading economic journals. His books on Regional Economics (1978), Labour Economics, Principles, Problems and Practices (1998) International Trade and Business : Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century (2001), Environmental and Development (2004) and Economics of J.K. Mehta : A Peep into Mehtanomics (2006) are widely acclaimed both in India and abroad. Besides his own doctoral research work on Collective Bargaining in the coal mines of Jharia, he has successfully supervised a number of research scholars for the Ph.D. degree.

    Dr. Singh has also worked as Head of the Post-Graduate Department of Economics, L.S. College, Muzaffarpur, Principal, S.N.S. College, Motihari, Member, Task Force, Bihar State Planning Board, Patna, Research Consultant, L.N. Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change, Patna and Director, Workshop on People’s Participation and Five Year Plans in India.

    Dr. Singh is a life member of the Indian Economic Association (IEA) and the Bihar Economic Association (BEA). He has participated and presented papers in national as well as international seminars, symposia and conferences.

    Dr. Binay Kumar Singh is at present Associate Professor in the Post-Graduate Department of Economics, Jagdam College, Chapra under the jurisdiction of J.P. University, Chapra, Saran, Bihar. His field of specialisation is Labour Economics and he has got his book on Labour Economics : Five Year Plans and Labour Administration, Industrial Disputes, Labour Legislation, published under the Joint authorship of Dr. J. Mishra and Dr. J.K. Singh. Besides, his own doctoral research work on ‘A case study of the Occupation Structural of Population in Bihar’, he has successfully supervised research scholar for the Ph.D. degree.

    Dr. B.K. Singh is a Life Member of the Indian Economic Association (IEA) and the Bihar Economic Association (BEA). He has participated in national seminars, symposia and conferences.