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 We left off last week at saying that the "Role of Management/ Trade Union was the maintenance of Peaceful and Harmonious industrial relations environment". The question in need of an answer today and this week is the HOW? Management actions in actualizing the peaceful and harmonious industrial relations environment include at least the following:- - Manage the relationship with the Trade Union to avoid any forms of disputes. - Sincerely get involved in collective bargaining. - Employ competent co-workers. - Honour all collective agreements. - Always ready to meet with the Trade Union thereby maintaining an open-door policy with this all important stakeholder. - Kill all forms of impunity. - Give all policies that affect employees a human face. - Pay a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. On the other hand, the Trade Union, should carry out the under-listed minimum actions - Recognize Management's right to manage the organisation. - Commit to collective bargaini...

 Looking for the reason why the Religious Elites find it ease to pray and ask their members to pray for the welfare of the Political Elites in Nigeria? Stop looking. It is because both the Religious and Political Elites are not accountable to mortals, talk carelessly and are blind and deaf to the plights of the ordinary citizens.

 The summary of last week's content is that the callousness of the public sector Trade Unions is directly proportional to the wickedness of public sector Managements. I feel sorry and pity for Public Sector Trade Unions for the refusal of Public Sector Managements for not training the unions on how to negotiate with blind and deaf managements. Now, on my paper "The Role Of Management/Trade Union In An Industrial Democratic Environment". I started by defining Wisdom as being "the correct application of knowledge". Next, I identified the Stakeholders of the industry in which the training took place. We went further to identify the two most important stakeholders and their representatives. They are the Owners represented by Management and the Workers represented by the Trade Union. Before we provided a catchall role of management/ trade Union in an industrial Democratic environment, we identified some of the characteristics of an  industrial Democratic environment....

 Looking for the Third most potent conspiracy against ordinary Nigerians? Stop looking, it is the conspiracy between the Political and Religious Elites.

 Last month, I was a Resource Person at Trade Union training program where I spoke on "The Role Of Management/Trade Union In An Industrial Democratic Environment" and "Protecting Workers From Unfair Labour Practices (UPLs) In A Period Of National Economic Challenges" I wish to share with you my thoughts on the above two subjects in these serries of Wicked Managements And Callous Trade Unions. However, before I go into those details, I wish to make some infallible and pervasive statements which are the summary of my thoughts on Wicked Managements and Callous Trade Unions. While Wicked Managements manifests wickedness by impunity on the one hand, the Callous Trade Unions manifest callousness by giving ultimatum to go on strike. The Nigerian state is a signatory to the ILO Convention on Collective Bargaining, but does not get involved in sincere Collective Bargaining and the implications of the Collective Agreements that result thereby. The refusal of public sector man...

 Looking for the character of the one and only problem of Nigeria? Stop looking, it has sense for stealing only and has stolen the nation deaf and dumb.

 I once worked a factory where over 90% of the employees were from a particular ethnic group and from my Cognitive Anthropological studies, their culture allow the following traits. They are:- - Covenant breaking. - Refusing to own-up to their responsibilities. - Buck passing. - Only them can speak the truth. - Refusing to give others the benefit of the doubts. - Against others they can do no wrong. - Refusing to take advice and correction from non-members of their ethnic group. All the above are at the core of their total way of life - CULTURE. In the above terrible state of affairs, one man stood out. That was the Chairman of the Branch Union who was a firm believer of the dictum that Leadership is by example and not precepts. A few of these cultural traits in action will suffice:- Firstly, Fathers and mothers in this culture do not die. If they even die, they come back to life and die many times over, to the extent that an employee will apply for compassionate leave for the deat...

 Looking for the character of the one and only problem of Nigeria? Stop looking, it is callously selfish.

 In the course of my HR Practice, I was involved directly in one successful CSR project which exposed the selfishness of people who should know better. I worked in this company that was a part of a bigger company. While I was in the company guest house which was a walking distance from the office, on a few occasions, I went to the office at night to see what the gatekeepers were doing and what I saw made yours truly to ask for approval for a CSR Project which was a Group Head Office (GHO) Activity that must be reported to the shareholders of the company. This company was located in a community with very little fresh water. The gatekeepers we employed were using the opportunity to extort the habitants of the community to have access to the abundant fresh water in the company at unholy hours. The company main gate was always opened at a fee for people to come in to fetch water or on the alternative, people came in by canoes at night to equally fetch water. To stop these illegal acces...