INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS MANAGEMENT
SYLLABUS
UNIT I
Industrial Relations - An Overview: Meaning & Objectives, Importance, Approaches to IR-Unitary, Pluralistic, Marxist - Development of IR System in India, Labour -
Management Relations: Trade Unionism - Industrial Conflicts.
UNIT II
Trade Unions: Meaning, Justification, Theories of TU, Types of TU, Trade Union Movement in India, Problems of Trade Unions, Functions of Trade Unions, Measures to
strengthen Trade Unions, Trade Union Act-Registration & Recognition-Issues arising there off- Inter-union rivalry-Role of State and Politics of Mobilization - Judicial Activism,
Labour aristocracy and Segmentation of Labour Markets-Issues arising - Contract Labour and contract labour abolition act, Organized Unions vs. Unorganized unions and labour -
splintering of unions - Central Trade Unions - Unionism in Emergent sectors.
UNIT III
Industrial Disputes - Definition, Causes of Industrial Disputes, Types of Industrial Disputes, Prevention of Industrial Disputes, Settlement of Industrial Disputes, Industrial Disputes
Act: Conditions to Strike & Lockouts, Layoff, retrenchment & Closure, Rights of Union Representatives and Protections thereof, Conciliation, Adjudication, Laws relating to
standing orders - Misconduct and Disciplinary Procedures, Model Standing Orders, Grievance Handling - Meaning, Need and Procedure, Payment of Wages Act, Bonus -
Rules and Regulations, Providend Fund Regulations, Factories Act, Hospitals and Institutions Bill, ESMA, Maternity Benefits Act, Recent Amendments in Various Acts,
Judicial Interpretations.
UNIT IV
Collective Bargaining - Definition, Importance, Prerequisites of Collective Bargaining - Union Bargaining Process - Types of Bargaining - Collective bargaining in India, Joint
Consultative Machineries, Workers Participation In Management, Worker Ownership as Turnaround Management, ESOP, Profit Sharing, Quality of Work-life and Quality
Circles, Worker Empowerment. Negotiations - Process, Strategies and Tactics, Theories, Models, Steps.
UNIT V
Strategic Management of Industrial Relations - Alternative Strategies in Labour Management Relations - Labour Laws in the Context of Structural Changes - Labour
laws in the context of structural change - Industrial relations in Turnaround Management - Globalization, Liberalization, Mergers, Acquisitions, New Manufacturing reforms and
their implications for labour force, ILO, AFL-CIO, International Co-ordination amongst unions as response to Internationalization and Global Markets.