College of Business and Economics

Selections

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Course Description

ILR 562.
Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations 3hr. PR:

Econ 160 or Consent. Examination of the theory and practice of collective bargaining. Topics include economic and historical environment, labor law, unionization, contract negotiation, patterns in contract content, conflict resolution, grievance handling, and an introduction to arbitration.
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ILR 505.
Employment Law

3hr. Survey of the legal principles guiding the employer-employee relationship. Examines laws regulating hiring, job opportunity, discrimination, affirmative action, sexual harassment, wages, benefits, privacy rights, health, safety, employment at will, layoffs and termination.
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ILR 506.
Performance Management and Training

3hr. Development of individual employees in an organization: performance evaluation, discipline of problem employees, identifying training needs, and design and delivery of training programs.
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ILR 507.
Conflict Management Processes

3hr. Sources of conflict in the workplace and processes utilized to deal with that conflict. Theories of conflict management, industry practices, and specific techniques for productive channeling of conflict. Significant experiential component.
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ILR 508.
Organizational Change and Renewal

3hr. Organizational evolution as a result of multiple change processes, including employee involvement, empowerment, high performance organizations, process consulting, and goal setting. Emphasis on organizational and union relationships.

ILR 509.
Staffing and Selection

3hr. Theoretical, practical, and legal issues involved in staffing and selection in organizations: human resource planning, recruiting, employment testing, statistical analysis, legal issues, and selection methods.
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ILR 520.
Human Resource Information Systems

3hr. Use of computers for human resource management: HRIS planning, development, implementation; evaluating existing software; development of a database unique to human resource management.

ILR 521.
Managing the Culturally Diverse Workforce

3hr. Explores perceptions involving cultural diversity issues. Examines composition of the workforce and its impact on the corporate culture. Reviews management theories, sociological paradigms and conflict resolution in addressing multicultural issues in the workplace.

ILR 522.
International Industrial Relations

3hr. Analyzes the human resource and labor relations practices of firms and economies as they relate to the global market; basics of international business, legal/governmental environment, labor movements, and industrial relations practices.
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ILR 530.
Compensation Issues

3hr. Seminar in compensation designed to develop further understanding of compensation theory and practice. Topic areas will include labor supply, wage theory, legal constraints, motivation, equity theory, organizational development as well as compensation structure and administration.
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ILR 534.
Work Group Dynamics and Leadership

3hr. Small group or individual research on topics related to leadership and group dynamics in the work environment including training and other human relations programs.
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ILR 540.
Arbitration Theory and Practice

3hr. Study of the purpose of arbitration, trends, principles of contract construction, hearing procedure evidence, remedies, training and education of arbitrators, training of advocates, and decision writing. Students will arbitrate mock cases.
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ILR 543.
Negotiation Strategy

3hr. Theory and practice of both principled negotiations and position bargaining; extensive role play and technique building exercises for individual and team negotiations; detailed preparation methods for all types of personal and professional negotiations.

ILR 544.
Benefits

3hr. Considers employee benefits from the perspective of the industrial relations specialist who is responsible for articulating and administering a corporate program. Includes study of all benefits covered by major federal legislation.

ILR 545.
Equal Employment Opportunity Problems

3hr. A series of lectures by specialists in equal employment affairs. Lecturers will include attorneys, directors of state and national EEO agencies, and representatives of business and industry in the labor movement.

ILR 548.
Strategic Management for Human Resources Professionals

This course serves as the capstone for the ILR program. It focuses on strategic analysis as a central role of management. Specific emphasis is given to strategic assessment of the human resource function in organizations. Human resources professionals are part of the management team, and this course reviews general management activity involved in formulation, implementation and evaluation of business strategies.
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