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PGDM 2010-12: Term-III

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Prof. S. S. Ganesh

Course Objectives:

Understanding “Employment Relations” in the dynamics of individual-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 in the non-traditional, professional labour markets.

· Identify the central significance of the basis of employment relations from the individual-organizational relationship perspectives. · Gain insights into the future of employment relationship in the context of emerging institutional perspectives.

Delivery Method:

Delivery is primarily based on storytelling (See “Short Stories for Sharp Points” below), role plays, community learning exercises, debates, and visual episodes.

Short Stories for Sharp Points:
Source: Rusell L. Ackoff (1991). “Ackoff’s Fables: Irrelevant reflections on Business and Bureaucracy”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Having done some teaching about development and obstructions to it, I have learned that students remember relevant stories about these subjects much better than they remember the principles I have used to illustrate them. This is true for most subjects. Therefore, the older I've become, the more I've used stories to help me make points in lectures, discussions, and writing. When I meet old students--many of whom are now miraculously older than I - I find they remember the stories I told much better than the points they were used to illustrate. Some have reworked the stories creatively and were used to illustrate their own points. Although they may not have learned from stories what I had intended, they learned something by using them. This is more than I can say about the principles I’ve promoted. Therefore, I decided that here I would turn the usual way of presenting the ideas upside down.

Stories are commonly used to support or embellish the presentation of subject matter… All but a few of the stories are essentially true. They tell of my personal experiences. I have told them so many times, however, that they are bound to have "evolved" in the retelling; in addition, I've dramatized and condensed them a bit. This explains why I call them "fables." A fable, according to my friend and mentor, Tom Cowan, is a story that may not be true but ought to be.

I have embellished the stories to sharpen their points. All fables have a point, a lesson to convey. This is not true of many stories and most discussion. Therefore, I have used discussion only to illuminate the points of the fables. The point of the points I try to make ….is not so much to extract uncritical agreement… but to stimulate their critical thinking. In addition, I wanted to provide some fun. Stories, unlike discussion, are often sources of pleasure. A story that isn’t worth telling, however sharp its point.

Organization of the Course:

The course is organized into 10 themes which cover various individual-organizational and institutional dimensions of employment relationship and the themes are aligned with the interesting stories, insightful research articles and “ER Live” news articles.

Session Plan
Introduction
    ER…Taming the Beast…
    Session 01
    		Article ReadingRegulating the Employment Relationship: An Analytical Framework
    Theme 01
      Contracted or Connected?
      Session 01, 02 & 03
      		Story No 01At IIT Mumbai, Job Letters Turn into Pink Slips
      Article ReadingA Position Statement on Rescinded and Deferred Employment Offers
      The Functions of Profit
      Theme 02
        At Will, So We Will…
        Session 03, 04 & 05
        		Story No 02No Cause, No Notice
        Article ReadingBut It’s in My Contract
        Theme 03
          James Bond, Ruskin Bond and Employment Bond!          		Session 06 & 07Story No 03Bond with the Best: The Story of Jet Airways
          Theme 04
            You Are Hired! Coolie
            Session 07 & 08
            		Story No 04Open Source Development
            Article ReadingTrouble in E-Topia: Knowledge as Intellectual Property
            Theme 05
            How Good Are You in “Gardening”?
            Session 09, 10, 11, 12 & 13
            		ExerciseThe ER Challenge..
            Article ReadingYou are Fired…The Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants in Involuntary Discharge Cases
            Theme 06
              Collaboration for Competition?
              Session 14 & 15
              		Story No 05Partners for Life: The Story of Wipro and Beckman Coulter
              Theme 07
                Do Not Solicit!
                Session 16 & 17
                		Story No 06Who is a Customer and Whose Customer?: The Story of American Express Bank
                Theme 08
                  BTW, What is So Confidential?
                  Session 18
                  		Story No 07Non-Disclosure (Video Story)
                  Theme 09
                  Global Warming and Climate Change                  		Session 19 & 20Story No 08All Izz Well: The Story of PwC, India
                  Theme 10
                  Contribution from PGDM-BM 2009-2011 Batch---
                  Story No 09

                  Story No 10


                  Story No 11
                  Pristine: The Big Move

                  Mata Consultancy Services

                  Satyam Vs Upaid Story
                    Assessment of Performance:

                    1. Quiz (40%)

                    · There will be two online quizzes conducted in ER Course. While the first quiz will be conducted during the mid-term slot and the next will be conducted just before the end-term. The average score of both quizzes will be taken for final grading. There will be multiple choice / true or false, objective type questions for the quizzes which are drawn from the readings, instructor’s presentation, and the relevant “ER Live” material. For more details, check the FAQ for quiz in the course web.


                    2. The ER Challenge (20%)

                    · A team of six members will be formed for this purpose by the instructor. The team will be provided with case facts from three different sources and the team is expected to synthesize the case facts and analyze the questions together as a team. For example, the first two members of the team may get case facts from Source A, while the next two members may get the same from Source B, and the rest two will get the case facts from Source C. The “ER Challenge” exercise will be conducted after the completion of Theme 04.

                    3. End-Term Examination (30%)
                    · The end-term examination would be a closed-book examination evaluating the learning in the themes related to individual-organizational as well as institutional relationship perspectives. The guidelines for end-term examination will be given through the course web.
                    4. Course Involvement (10%)

                    · The measures of course involvement would be based on quality of preparation and performance in class exercises with reference to storytelling, role plays, debates and any other initiative to enrich the course design, content, process and outcome.

                    Grading Pattern:

                    · In ER Course, we would follow absolutely relative grading and not absolute grading. For instance, the grading pattern for the last year (2009-2011 batch) is as follows.

                  Score Intervals*                  		GradeGrade Point
                  75 and AboveA+7.5 to 8.0
                  70 to 74.9A6.5 to 7.49
                  65 to 69.9B+5.5 to 6.49
                  60 to 64.9B4.5 to 5.49
                  55 to 59.9C+3.5 to 4.49
                  45 to 54.9C2.5 to 3.49
                  40 to 44.9D+1.5 to 2.49
                  35 to 39.9D0.5 to 1.49
                  Less than 35F0.0 to 0.49
                  · The above intervals are subject to variation depending upon the overall batch performance in any given year. However the passing minimum in ER course is 30 marks irrespective of the maximum, average and standard deviation in any given batch.
                  · Also please note that the Dean's Office may deduct the grade points for any absence during the term, except for medical reasons and other contingencies approved by Dean Academic, as per the Students Manual of Policies. Reach Your Instructor:

                  · In case of any learning difficulty or other administrative purposes, you may reach out to your instructor after the class, on the corridor, over telephone [Extension 874 (Home) & 836 (Office)], email (ssganesh@ximb.ac.in) and at office preferably between 5.30pm and 6.00pm on all working days.

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                  Created By: Debasis Mohanty on 12/20/2010 at 09:43 AM
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