labor management

Employee relations field

Labor management refers to the relationship between workers and employers, or the practices involved in overseeing a workforce.

The term often appears in labor-management relations, describing negotiations, disputes, or cooperation between unions and company leadership.

In a simpler sense, labor management means organizing and directing workers to accomplish tasks efficiently: The project's success depended on good labor management.

Opposites
organizational stakeholder perspective

labor managementlabor unions

Worker collectives for negotiations

organized labor · union leadership · trade unions · rank and file · workforce

human vs. capital/technical focus

labor managementcapital management

Overseeing financial resources strategically

asset management · machinery maintenance · facilities management · inventory management · financial management

economic relationship

labor managementshareholders

Owners of company stock

proprietorship · stockholders

Family

labor, management, labor relations

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G