ER-P08

ER-P08
PGDM 2008-10 : TERM - III

Employment Relations

Course Objectives: Understanding “Employment Relations” in the dynamics of organizational and institutional relationships is important for executives to regulate the employment relationship. This course attempts to provide insights into understanding the employment relationship in a liberalizing, deregulated and global environment.

As a result of succeeding in this course, participants will be better able to:

· Understand the nature of employment relationship from individual and collective perspectives in the non-traditional, professional and contingent labour markets.

· Identify the central significance of the basis of employment relations from the institutional perspective.

· Gain insights into the future employment relationship in the context of liberalization, privatization and globalization.

Delivery Method:

Delivery is primarily based on case discussion, case analysis, visual episodes and using knowledge sharing methods.

Text Book:

C.S. Venkata Ratnam. (2006). “Industrial Relations”. Oxford University Press.

Organization of the Course:

The course has 10 themes which are organized into two parts as pre-mid-term module and post-mid-term module. The pre-mid-term module has 5 themes (themes 1 to 5) and focuses on the nature and issues of employment relationships from the individual and organizational perspectives. The post-mid-term module has 5 themes (themes 6 to 10) and focuses on the nature and issues of employment relationships from the institutional perspective.

Session Plan

Theme 1 Understanding ER through “Contractual Connectedness”	Session 01 & 02	^{Case 1} ^{Case 2}	IIT Bombay No Cause No Notice
		^{Article Reading}	But It’s in My Contract
		^{Text Book Chapter}	None

Theme 2 ER Beyond Organizational Boundaries	Session 03	^Case	Open Source Development
		^{Article Reading}	Trouble in E-topia: Knowledge as Intellectual Property
		^{Text Book Chapter}	None

Theme 3 Revisiting Performance Management Practices – The ER Approach	Session 04 & 05	^Case	Overwork and Anxiety at High-Tech Firm
		^{Article Reading}	Exploring the Relationship between Perceived Performance Review System Complexity and Organizational Formalization
		^{Text Book Chapter}	Chapter 13 Working Conditions, Safety, Health and Environment Read: Working Time Policy & Occupational Health and Safety Policy Pages: 380 to 382

Theme 4 Managing Employee Exit	Session 06	^{Case 01} ^{Case 02}	Arrive in Hope, Exit in Pain
		^{Article Reading}	None
		^{Text Book Chapter}	None

Theme 5 Approaches to Restrictive Covenants	Session , 07, 08, 09 & 10	^Case	Hyper-competition: Pepsi Vs. Coca Cola
		^{Article Reading}	The Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants in Involuntary Discharge Cases
		^{Text Book Chapter}	None

Theme 6 Changing Nature of Employment Relations	Session 11	^Case	Leisure Co
		^{Article Reading}	They Are Not Employees, They Are People
		^{Text Book Chapter}	Chapter 01 Economy and the Labour Force in India

Theme 7 Employment Agencies and Employment Practices	Session 12, 13 & 14	^Case	Silicon Valley Temps
		^{Article Reading}	Why Do Contractors Contract?
		^{Text Book Chapter}	Chapter 11 The Contract of Employment Read: The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition Act), 1970 Pages: 313 to 325

Theme 8 Redefining Career and Employment	Session 15	^Case	Goodbye Career, Hello Success
		^{Article Reading}	Job Satisfaction by Subrato Bagchi
		^{Text Book Chapter}	Chapter 16 Social Security

Theme 9 Collective Representation in ER	Session 16, 17, 18 & 19	^{Case 01} ^{Case 02}	Collective Representation at MS and Beyond Airports Authority of India
		^{Article Reading}	Trade Unions and The Wider Society Privatization in India Are International Labour Standards Needed?
		^{Text Book Chapter}	Chapter 2 - Approaches to Industrial Relations Chapter 4 - Management and Employers’ Organizations Chapter 5 - Trade Unions – Theoretical Foundations and Legal Framework Chapter 6 - Trade Union Structures

Theme 10 Union Exclusion / Inclusion - The ER Approach	Session 20	^{Case 01}	Australian Call Centres
		^{Article Reading}	None
		^{Text Book Chapter}	Chapter 23 HRM and IR

Assessment of Performance:

1. Quiz (30%)

· The questions for the quizzes are drawn from the case material, reading material assigned for the theme, text book chapters, instructor’s presentation and the relevant news material given for the themes. The average score of total quizzes (3 to 5 quizzes) would be taken for evaluation. Please note that no makeup quiz would be conducted under any circumstances.

2. Forum Discussions (20%)
· Every participant is encouraged to participate in the forum threads started by the instructor. Detailed guidelines for forum discussions will be provided in the course resources page in AIS.

3. Term Paper (20%)

· A group of 6 members would write a term paper based on literature review and field-work related to the themes in the course. The guidelines related to groups, topics, methodology, schedule and submission for the assignment will be provided by the instructor.

· Hard copy of the assignment should be submitted for evaluation on the date specified by the instructor.

· Any member from the group would be invited to clarify the queries related to assignment during the theme discussion related to the assignment.

4. End-Term Examination (20%)

· The end-term examination would be a closed-book examination evaluating the concepts learnt in the post mid-term themes.

4. Course Involvement 10%

· The measures of course involvement would be case preparation and analysis, and other initiatives to enrich the course content, process and outcome like quality of participation in the forum discussions. Every class missed by participants will reduce two marks from the total score whatever be the reason.

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