ER-P11

ER-P11
PGDM 2011-13: 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 09 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 Reading}

Regulating the Employment Relationship: An Analytical Framework

Theme 01 Contracted or Connected?	Session 01, 02 & 03	^{Story No 01}	At IIT Mumbai, Job Letters Turn into Pink Slips
		^{Article Reading}	A 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 02}	No Cause, No Notice
		^{Article Reading}	But It’s in My Contract

Theme 03

James Bond, Ruskin Bond and Employment Bond!

Session 06, 07 & 08

^Exercise
^{Story No 03}

ER Exercise 01 – The Training Bond Story of Jet Airways and Jan Peter

Theme 04 You Are Hired! Coolie	Session 09 & 10	^{Story No 04}	Open Source Development
		^{Article Reading}	Trouble in E-Topia: Knowledge as Intellectual Property

Theme 05 *How Good Are You in “Gardening”***?	Session 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15	^Exercise	ER Exercise 02 - The ER Challenge..
		^{Article Reading}	You are Fired…The Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants in Involuntary Discharge Cases

Theme 06

Do Not Solicit!

Session 16 & 17

^{Story No 05}

Who is a Customer and Whose Customer?: The Story of American Express Bank

Theme 07 BTW, What is So Confidential?	Session 18	^{Story No 06}	Non-Disclosure (Video Story)
		^{Article Reading}	Trade Secrets: A Secret Still to Unveil Law on Negative Covenants in Employment Contract

Theme 08

Collaboration for Competition?

Session 19 & 20

^{Story No 07}

Partners for Life: The Story of Wipro and Beckman Coulter

Theme 09

Contributions from XIMB Alumnus & Others

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^{Story No 08}

^{Story No 09}

^{Story No 10}

Pristine: The Big Move

Mata Consultancy Services

Satyam Vs Upaid Story

Assessment of Performance:

1. ER Exercises (40%)

· The purpose of ER Exercise is to promote “Collective Learning” and a team of six members will be formed for this purpose. The inputs generated the teams will be discussed in the class. The detailed guidelines for ER Exercises will be given later.

2. Quiz (30%)

· There will be one online quiz conducted just before the end-term. It will have multiple choice / true or false, objective type questions 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.

3. End-Term Examination (20%)
· 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, there would be relative grading.

· The intervals for grading 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 12/10/2011 at 08:37 AM
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