Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
TCNW-0045
Organization's ID:
LBR
Organization:
College Network
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
45 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Labor Relations
Description

Objective:

To prepare learners for the 21st century industrial environment by teaching skills needed to adapt to new labor conditions for the desired outcome of industrial harmony between all interested parties - labor, management, stockholders, consumers, and society.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Compare and contrast the issues facing management, such as low productivity, wage packages, flexibility in both work schedules and benefits, and cost containment, with issues facing workers, such as threats to future employability and economic security

General Topics:

  • : models of labor relations
  • The history of unions
  • Union membership trends
  • Diversity in the workplace
  • Nonunion employers
  • Legal support in labor relations
  • The National Labor Relations Board
  • Union representation elections
  • Influences of international labor relations
  • The collective bargaining process
  • Strike activity
  • Management and union rights
  • Wage theory and practice
  • Composition of benefits
  • Grievance and arbitration practices
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Computer Based Training

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
Supplemental Materials