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"The existence of high commitment management in unionized workplaces suggests that such management is compatible with trade unionism." Discuss  

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"The existence of high commitment management in unionized workplaces suggests that such management is compatible with trade unionism." Discuss The relationship between workers and management has historically been an adversarial one. In the process of fighting for employee right and benefits, unions have traditionally created a 'them and us' atmosphere between employees and managers. On the other hand, high commitment management tries to eliminate the 'them and us' atmosphere and instead attempts to replace it with one of partnership where both employees and management work together for the benefit of the firm. Thus, the respective natures of high commitment establishments and unions would imply incompatibility. It is due to this belief that some high commitment firms devote enormous resources to strategies aimed to keep unions away from their firms such as hiring lawyers who specialize in union avoidance and implementing high commitment work practices such as grievance systems...

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