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Shakarganj Mills Limited - Workers Strike (A)

Zafar Iqbal Qureshi, Hamid Latif Sharif


INDUSTRY : Sugar

AREA : HRM/OB

ORGANIZATION : Shakarganj Mills Limited

LENGTH : 11

LUMS No : 05-273-89-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 1989

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KEYWORDS:

Shakarganj Mills,Limited,Worker Strike,Union,Human Resource Management,Organizational Behaviour,Sugar Industry


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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The case will help in achieving three main objectives. First, whether or not a legal decision favouring management can avoid a labour strike. Second, what can be some of the implications if management were to concede an unfair demand? Third, what measures managers should adopt to avoid ambiguous language while signing collective agreements? Fourth, what should managers do when faced with a situation involving principle vs financial losses as a result of labour strike?


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour