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This new edition of Industrial Relations: A Contemporary Approach contains the most up-to-date and theoretically informed analysis of the processes and practices of industrial relations. The changing roles of management, unions, governments and arbitration tribunals are accurately described, while the bargaining processes at all levels and their economic and social outcomes are revealed using and accessible writing style. Salient Features Explores union and non union form of employee representation. Seeks to locate current `enterprise bargaining systems in a boarder theoretical and historical framework of bargaining structures and processes. Study on patterns of cooperation as well as conflict and the efficiency and equity outcome of industrial relation process. IR versus HRM underlies the analysis in many chapters. Covers employment relations and employee relations. Chapters on: Employee representation: trade unions Employee representation: non-union Bargaining structures and processes New Features appearing in every chapter: IR news (relevant news story about IR appeared in press), work story and case studies along with debate questions.