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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1987
+THE MOMENTUM FOR IMPROVING LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY MUST BE INITIATED BY THE MANAGEMENT, BUT IF THIS MOMENTUM IS TO BE SUSTAINED, THE SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IS REQUIRED IN THIS RESPECT, HARMONIOUS LABOUR RELATIONS WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE WOULD BE A PREREQUISITE,+ HE SAID.
MR TAM SAID HE BELIEVED THE MAJOR CAUSE OF THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LABOUR AND MANAGEMENT WAS PERHAPS THAT SOME EMPLOYERS WERE STILL ADOPTING AN OUTDATED MANAGEMENT METHOD RUNNING THEIR COMPANY IN A PATRIARCHAL STYLE, DECLINING TO HAVE DIRECT AND OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND DISCOURAGING WORKERS FROM ORGANISING UNIONS.
+SOME EMPLOYERS MAY EVEN REFUSE TO RECOGNISE THE STATUS OF UNIONS IN NEGOTIATIONS.
+THEY REGARD WELFARE BENEFITS FOR WORKERS AS A KIND OF PRIVILEGE RATHER THAN A RIGHT.
+YET THEY ARE HIGHLY FLEXIBLE IN THEIR MANAGEMENT APPROACH= THEY WOULD ONLY GUARANTEE WELFARE BENEFITS TO THEIR WORKERS BY WORD OF MOUTH AND FEW THINGS ARE WRITTEN DOWN IN CONTRACTS.
INSTANCES LIKE THESE WILL CERTAINLY WORSEN LABOUR RELATIONS. +AS A RESULT, WORKERS CULTIVATE NO SENSE OF INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR WORK AND NO SENSE OF BELONGING TO THEIR COMPANY.
+ LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IS THUS INDIRECTLY AFFECTED AS WELL, HE SAID.
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MR TAM SAID THAT IN LINE WITH THEIR RISING LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, WORKERS IN HONG KONG CHERISHED GREATER EXPECTATIONS IN LIFE AND BECAME MORE READY TO COME FORWARD TO DEFEND THEIR OWN RIGHTS.
MOREOVER, WITH A LIBERAL POLITICAL SYSTEM, HONG KONG'S SOCIETY WAS ATTACHING GREATER IMPORTANCE TO DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE.
HE SAID THAT MODERN MANAGEMENT SHOULD THEREFORE LAY MORE EMPHASIS ON BILATERAL LABOUR-MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION AND TAKE THE ROLE OF UNIONS MORE SERIOUSLY IN SUCH COMMUNICATION.
MR TAM SAID HE FELT THAT THE STRENGTHENING OF THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND INVOLVEMENT AMONG WORKERS REQUIRED LESS RESOURCES THAN IMPROVEMENT MEASURES ON THE TECHNICAL AND MANPOWER.
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+BY GETTING BIG RETURNS WITH A SMALL INVESTMENT, CERTAINLY SOMETHING WORTH GOING AHEAD WITH,+ MR TAM SAID.
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