If there is one issue on which managers spend sleepless nights, it
is competitions, the surest way of facing the completion are to improve productivity. Productivity itself can best be improved through industrial Relations. Industrial Relations (IR) has traditionally been a fire fighting function in our country. The IR man comes into full play only after the crisis explodes.Thus the scenario relating to IR is a mixed one. Sparks between enlightened managers and motivated work-force co-exist with large –scale violence leading to destruction and closures.