MGT-238: Labor-Management Relations

This course is INACTIVE
School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Business & Economics
Department
Management
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Management
Course Number
238
Course Title
Labor-Management Relations
Credit Hours
3.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
Eligible to take ENG courses at HFC and MGT-230 with a C grade or better
Catalog Course Description

Examines the principles underlying the labor-management relationship; analyzes the legal and institutional framework in which collective bargaining takes place; and probes the nature, content, and problems of the collective bargaining process. Analyzes and evaluates employee benefit plans as well as the principles and techniques of collective bargaining.

Goals, Topics, and Objectives

Core Course Topics
  1. Organized Labor and the Management Community
    1. Describe the organized environment, and explain its effects on unions and employers.
    2. Examine America's changing labor force and organized labor's related concerns.
    3. Discuss why workers join unions.
  2. Historical Framework of Labor-Management Relations
    1. Explain the creation of unions.
    2. Describe the historical relationship between labor and management and the development of unions.
    3. Discuss unions and their success and failures throughout the twentieth century.
  3. Legal Framework of Labor-Management Relations
    1. Describe the historical progression of laws concerning labor and unions.
    2. Identify aspects of the legal framework that empower and limit the scope of labor-management relations.
  4. Structure, Governance, and Operation of Unions
    1. Explain why unions choose to belong to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
    2. Examine the structure, governance, financial status, and operation of unions.
  5. Collective Bargaining
    1. Analyze the collective bargaining process.*
  6. Collective Bargaining Agreement Administration
    1. Discuss how the collective bargaining agreement is implemented and administered.
  7. Grievances and Arbitration
    1. Analyze the grievance process.*
    2. Compare and contrast arbitration and mediation in dispute resolution.*
  8. Wage and Other Economic Supplementation Issues
    1. Explain the factors affecting wages in relation to collective bargaining.
    2. Identify the economic supplements addressed in collective bargaining.
  9. Organizational and Administrative Issues in Collective Bargaining
    1. Discuss union membership as a condition of employment.
    2. Evaluate factors affecting the decision to strike.
    3. Compare and contrast union and management obligations and prerogatives.*
    4. Analyze seniority and how it impacts both the employer and the employee.
    5. Appraise discharge and discipline policies, and analyze their implementation.*
    6. Evaluate safety and health standards and policies.

Assessment and Requirements

Assessment of Academic Achievement

Students will be assessed through tests, quizzes, assignments, case studies, presentations, class participation, and/or role playing.

Outcomes

Satisfies Wellness Requirement
No

Approval Dates

Effective Term
Fall 2023
Deactivation Date
ILT Approval Date
AALC Approval Date
Curriculum Committee Approval Date