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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 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
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
Outline • Frequency • Adoption • Survival • Motives The University of Nottingham
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
UK Adoption Number of Signings The University of Nottingham
Sector Adoption Number of Signings The University of Nottingham
NHS Adoption Number of Signings The University of Nottingham
UK Partnership Mortality The University of Nottingham
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
Employer Motives by Sector Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham
Employer Motives and Survival Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham
Union Motives • Offensive • Seeking proactive involvement in management decision making process • Defensive • Relatively weak unions securing recognition or avoiding derecognition The University of Nottingham
Union Motives by Sector Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham
Union Motives and Survival Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham
Employer and Union Motives The University of Nottingham
Types and Mortality Number of Agreements The University of Nottingham
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