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Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
6
Issue
3
Date
9/1/1977

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Title
ENTROPY AND NEGENTROPY IN GRIEVANCE SUBSYSTEMS
DOI
10.2190/YMKP-XA29-88W0-QW1Q
Author
G. W. CASSIDY
Online Date
05/09/2002

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ENTROPY AND NEGENTROPY IN GRIEVANCE SUBSYSTEMS

G. W. CASSIDY

DOI: 10.2190/YMKP-XA29-88W0-QW1Q

Abstract

In this article the negotiated grievance procedure in collective bargaining agreements is conceived as a subsystem of the larger industrial relations system that is influenced by still larger supersystems. Systems concepts are employed by the author as explanatory devices to explain and analyze Supreme Court decisions in private and public sectors - affecting grievance subsystems. The major theme of the paper is the judicial concern for entropy in grievance-arbitration subsystems, and attempts by the courts to bring about negentropy by strengthening feedback mechanisms.

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