... employee involvement and human resource management policies. Trade unions should promote partnership as an alternative ideology to capital driven unitarism. The principles underpinning the concept of the 'mutual gains enterprise' (Kochan, T. & Osterman, P. 1994) are set out in the table below: Strategic Level Functional Level Workplace Level Top management commitment Staffing based on employment stabilisation High standards of employment selection Effective voice for Human Resources in strategy making Investment in training and development Broad task design and teamwork Supportive business strategy Contingent compensation that reinforces co-operation, participation and contribution Employee involvement in problem solving Climate of co-operation and trust If implemented in the context of collective bargaining mutual gains principals offer a model for company level social partnership. Proponents of the mutual gains enterprise are quite clear that it is not a universally applicable prescription. To be made to work it requires high levels of investment in human resources, employees cannot be treated as just another cost, to be trimmed where ...

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