Management of Industrial Relations

Paper Code: 
DBBA 501A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to -

  • Understand and practice important aspects and laws of industrial relations in India.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

DBBA 501A

Management of Industrial Relations

CO 243: Understand the industrial relations and involved parties.

CO 244: Describe the effectiveness of workers’ participation in management.

CO 245: Explain the mechanism of grievance redressal.

CO 246: Inculcate the understanding and practicing of important Acts of industrial relations in India.

CO 247: Analyze the industrial disputes act and implementation of its legal provisions

CO 248: Discuss the role of trade unions under industrial relations.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Hours, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Group tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Industrial Relations:

Concept, Objectives, Importance, Participants in industrial relations - Workers, Employers and Government, Determining factors of Industrial Relations

12.00
Unit II: 
Employees Grievances

Meaning, Need for Grievance Procedure, Causes of Grievances, Grievance Redressal Procedure
Collective Bargaining: Meaning, Objectives, Advantages, Process, Collective Bargaining at different levels – Plant, Industry, National

12.00
Unit III: 
Workers Participation in Management:

Objectives, Forms, Determinants of Workers’ Participation in Management, Mode of participation- Works Committee, Joint Management councils, Worker Director, Shop Councils, Joint Councils

12.00
Unit IV: 
Trade Union Act 1926:

Scope, Coverage, Registration of Trade Unions; The Industrial Disputes Act 1947: Objectives, Industrial dispute settlement machinery, Instruments of economic coercion- strikes, lockouts and closure.

12.00
Unit V: 
The Factories Act 1948:

Features, provisions and benefits; Equal Remuneration Act, 1976: Scope, Objectives and Provisions

Essential Readings: 

• S C Srivastava, Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, Vikas Publishing House.
• T N Chhabra, Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, Dhanpat Rai Publishing House.
• Monappa Arun, Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
• Taxmann’s Labour Laws, Taxmann Publications
• Labour Laws, Nabhi Publications

References: 

Suggested Readings:
• Case Studies in Human Resource Management, ICMR Center for Management Research
• Budd John W. and Scoville James G., Labour and Employment Relations Association Series, USA.
• Singh B.D., Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, Excel Books, New Delhi.
E-resources:
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Industrial_Relations_and_Labour_L...
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Labour_Laws/9A1P_C0wrT0C?hl=en&gb...
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Taxmann_s_New_Labour_Industrial_L...
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/INDUSTRIAL_RELATIONS_AND_LABOUR_L...
• https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Industrial_Relations_in_India/Czl...
Journals:
• The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations
• Journal of Labor Economics
• National Journal of Labour and Industrial Law
• The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
• OPUS: HR Journal

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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