MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SOCIETY

Secretary: Dr Ralph Darlington, School of Management

University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT. 0161-295-5456 R.R.Darlington@salford.ac.uk www.som.salford.ac.uk/mirs

40th ANNIVERSARY HALF-DAY CONFERENCE 1964-2004: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECTS

THURSDAY 6 MAY 2004

The 40th anniversary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society is being celebrated with a special half-day and early evening conference to be held in the Main Lecture Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Street (opposite the front entrance of Piccadilly railway station). Admission is free to all but your place should be booked in advance.

12.00am-1.00pm

Registration and Buffet Lunch

1.00pm-1.30pm

Overview of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society 1964-2004

Dr. Ralph Darlington, School of Management, University of Salford

Chair: Laurence Jackson, Tribal GWT

1.30pm-2.45pm

40 Years On: Some Thoughts on British Industrial Relations: Past, Present and Future

Professor Linda Dickens, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Chair: Professor Rosemary Lucas, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

2.45pm-3pm

Break

3.pm-4.15pm

Worker Voice Across Organisational Boundaries?

Professor Mick Marchington, Manchester School of Management, UMIST

Chair: Alan Manning, North-west Region TUC

4. 15pm-5.30pm

Understanding Industrial Relations: The Contribution of Shirley Lerner

Professor John Gennard, Department of HRM, University of Strathyclyde

Chair: Professor Irena Grugulis, University of Bradford

5.30-6pm

Break

6pm-7.30pm

The Future of Collectivism in the Regulation of Industrial Relations

Professor William Brown, Darwin College, University of Cambridge

Chair: John Goodman, Central Arbitration Committee

After the conference members and friends of the Society are invited to attend an evening meal at 8pm at the Yang Sing restaurant, Chinatown, Manchester.

President: Professor Mick Marchington, UMIST

Chairman: Laurence Jackson, Tribal GWT

Vice Chairman: Alan Manning, North West TUC

Treasurer: Hamish Mathieson, Manchester Metropolitan University