Centre for Human Resource Management and Labour Relations

1. Course Title: 2. Course Teacher: 2. Total Credit Hours: 4. Course Objectives:

HR 01 - Industrial Relations D.K. Srivastava 30

The main aim of this Course is to develop a shared understanding among the students about conceptual, empirical and policy orientation of the study of Industrial Relations with suitable examples from India and its Western counterparts. The focus is on interface of Industrial Relations with its important players, viz., Trade Unions, Management and State in the context of emerging global business scenario. Using the insights developed it shall be endeavor to look into the strategic role of Industrial Relations.

Evaluation Scheme:
Group Project Weightage (30%) End Term Exam Weightage (70%)

THE COURSE AIMS AT COVERING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

1. Discipline of Industrial Relations

2. Approaches of Industrial Relations 3. Global Face of Industrial Relations 4. Overview of Industrial Relations in India 5. International Labour Organization and Labour 6. Trade Unionism Theoretical Framework, Labour Movement, Functions of Trade Unions 7. Trade Union Organizations Central Trade Unions in India 8. Managerial Unionism 9. Labour Management Relations Anatomy of Strikes and Lockouts 10. Managing Grievances and Conflicts 11. Managing Discipline at Workplace 12. Collective Bargaining: Contemporary and Comparative Experiences 13. Negotiated flexibility in Indian Companies 14. Employers rights and Obligations 15. Future portents of Industrial Relations

Session Plan*
1. Unleashing Industrial Relations Case: Honda Motor Cycle and Scooters India Ltd. 2. Perspectives on Industrial Relations The Industrial Relations System, John T. Dunlop, Harvard Business School Press, 1993. (Book) Reflections on six decades in Industrial Relations: An Interview with with John T. Dunlop, Kaufman, Industrial and Labour Relations Review, Vol. 55(2), Jan. 2002, pp.324-348 (Article) 3. Approaches to Industrial Relations Chapter 1, Industrial Relations, Michael Salamon 4. Global Face of Industrial Relations Labour Management Relations and the World in transition, C.S. Venkata Ratnam, 1995 (Article) The Global Evolution of Industrial Relations, Bruce E. Kaufman, International Labour Organization, 2005 (Book) Chapter 12. 5. Industrial Relations in India: An Overview Industrial Relations: Patterns and Trends, Ratna Sen, IJIR, 1997 (Article) Management of Industrial Relations, Pramod Verma, Oxford & IBH, 1991 (Book) 3. Industrial Relations in India, E.A. Ramaswamy, Macmillian, 1978 (Book)

4. Industrial Relations, C.S. Venkata Ratnam, Oxford 2006 (Book) 5. Trade Unions response to declining union-membership base: Best Practices from Mumbai-based Trade Unions, D.K. Srivastava, IJIR, April 2006 6. International Labour Organization and Labour India and International Labour Standards, C.S. Venkata Ratnam, IJIR, April, 2000 (Article) WTO and Indian Labour, Dipak Kumar Bhattacharya, IJIR, April, 2002. (Article) 7. Rationale for Unionism Trade Union response to declining membership base: Best practices from Mumbai based trade unions, IJIR, April 2006 (Article) Trade Unions Situation in India, D.K. Srivastava, IJIR April 2001 (Article) Case: Does this company need a Union, HBR, 1998 (Case) Unions Adding Value International Labour Review, Vol. 136, No.4, 1997 (Article) 8. Managerial Unionism Managerial Unionism, Baldev R. Sharma, Shri Ram Centre, 1993, New Delhi (Book) Chapters 1,2 ,11. 9. Labour Management Relations at the Enterprise Level Confrontation, Globalization and collaboration: a Case Study of an FMCG Company, D.K. Srivastava, Management and Change, 2002 (Article) Turnaround without tears: Case Study of Britannia, New Delhi, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2001 (Article) Anatomy of Strike and Lockout Case: Hindustan Lever Ltd. Case: Bajaj Lockout

10. Managing Grievances and Conflicts Industrial Conflict, N.R. Sheth, (Article) published in the book Management of Industrial Relations by Prof. Pramod Verma. Make Conflict Drive Results, Lauren Keller Johnson, Harvard Business School Publication, 2004 (Article) Early Intervention: How to minimize cost of conflict, Harvard Business School, 2005 (Article). Case: TELCO. 11. Managing Discipline at Workplace: Constructive Discipline (Management Game) 12. Collective Bargaining: Contemporary and Comparative experiences ILO principles concerning collective bargaining, Bernard Gernigon, A. Odero and H. Guido, 2000. Case: Sony, Spain 13. Negotiated Flexibility in Indian Companies Case Studies of unique agreements on negotiated change, C.S. Venkata Ratnam, 2003 (Compiled by D.K. Srivastava) 14. Employers Rights and Obligations Decent Work: Concept and Indicators, Dharam Ghai, International Labour Review, Vol. 142, No.2, 2003 (Article) 15. Future of Industrial Relations Post-modernism and the end of Labour Movement, John Kelly, 1998 Future of Industrial Relations and Industrial Relations in Future: Indian Scenario, Rath and Misra Vikalpa, 1996 (Article). *Tentative