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Partnership in the UK: progress report

Partnership in the UK: progress report. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING "Ongoing research - not to be cited without the express permission of the authors". Dr Peter Samuel Professor Nick Bacon, Editor: Industrial Relations Journal.

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Partnership in the UK: progress report

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  1. Partnership in the UK: progress report PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING "Ongoing research - not to be cited without the express permission of the authors". Dr Peter Samuel Professor Nick Bacon, Editor:Industrial Relations Journal NHS Scotland, “Supporting People to Deliver”, Glasgow, June 2007

  2. Partnership in the UK: progress report Dr Peter Samuel Professor Nick Bacon, Editor:Industrial Relations Journal NHS Scotland, “Supporting People to Deliver”, Glasgow, June 2007

  3. Outline • Frequency • Adoption • Survival • Motives The University of Nottingham

  4. Frequency • 400 potential ‘partnerships’ in UK • 203 actual partnership agreements • Regional variation: • 40% England • 22% Scotland • 6% Wales (and Northern Ireland) • 32% span all home nations The University of Nottingham

  5. UK Adoption Number of Signings The University of Nottingham

  6. Sector Adoption Number of Signings The University of Nottingham

  7. NHS Adoption Number of Signings The University of Nottingham

  8. UK Partnership Mortality The University of Nottingham

  9. Employer Motives • Adaptation • Modernising working practices and industrial relations to meet new emerging requirements • Retrenchment • Reducing labour costs in response to external pressures The University of Nottingham

  10. Employer Motives by Sector Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham

  11. Employer Motives and Survival Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham

  12. Union Motives • Offensive • Seeking proactive involvement in management decision making process • Defensive • Relatively weak unions securing recognition or avoiding derecognition The University of Nottingham

  13. Union Motives by Sector Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham

  14. Union Motives and Survival Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham

  15. Employer and Union Motives The University of Nottingham

  16. Types and Mortality Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham

  17. Finally… • Partnership agreements an established feature of public sector industrial relations • Our research indicates partnership agreements survive where: • managers able to modernise working practices • unions proactively involved • Partnership agreements across NHS Scotland appear to be mutual gains • Is partnership working delivering effective change? The University of Nottingham

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