COURSE CODE: BUA 108
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
UNITS: 3 UNITS
Course Description:
This course is meant to familiarize Students with the broad field of Industrial Relations.The term 'Industrial Relations' denotes relationships between management and workers in the industry. This Relations also include a vast complex of relationship between the union and the management, management and employers, union and employees and between employees themselves. Core topics include; Concept of Industrial Relations,Importance of Industrial Relations, Importance of Industrial Relations to the actors of Industrial Relations system, Trade Union, Employer's Organizaton, Collective Bargaining, Industrial Conflict, Labour Economics, Labour Management Relations.
Course Objective:
The aim of this course is to provide a foundation for subsequent courses in Industrial Relations.
It also aims to provide a general introduction to the study of certain concepts in Industrial Relations.
Course Outline:
Topic 1: Concept of Industrial Relations.
Topic 2: The Objectives of Industrial Relations. .
Topic 3: Importance of Industrial Relations to a Country.
Topic 4: Actors of Industrial Relations.
Topic 5: Definition, Aims, Structure and Functions of Trade Union.
Topic 5: Definition, Aims, Structure and Functions of Employer's Organization.
Topic 6: Definition and Structure of Collective Bargaining.
Topic 7: Benefits of Collective Bargaining to the Actors of Industrial Relations.
Topic 8: Definition and Causes of Industrial Conflicts.
Topic 9: Resolution of Industrial Conflicts.
Topic 10: The effects of Industrial Conflicts.
Topic 12: Introduction to Labour Economics.
Topic 13:Labour Management Relations.
Recommended Texts:
Contemporary Industrial Relations: A Critical Analysis
By Ian Beardwell
Oxford University Press, 1990
Challenge of Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, Management and the Public Interest
By Sumner H. Slichter
Industrial Relations; theory and Practice
By Michael Salamon
2001
Industrial Relations in Nigeria: Development and Practice
Tayo Fashoyin
An Introduction to Industrial Relations in Nigeria
By T. M. Yesufu
Jan. 1, 1965.
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
UNITS: 3 UNITS
Course Description:
This course is meant to familiarize Students with the broad field of Industrial Relations.The term 'Industrial Relations' denotes relationships between management and workers in the industry. This Relations also include a vast complex of relationship between the union and the management, management and employers, union and employees and between employees themselves. Core topics include; Concept of Industrial Relations,Importance of Industrial Relations, Importance of Industrial Relations to the actors of Industrial Relations system, Trade Union, Employer's Organizaton, Collective Bargaining, Industrial Conflict, Labour Economics, Labour Management Relations.
Course Objective:
The aim of this course is to provide a foundation for subsequent courses in Industrial Relations.
It also aims to provide a general introduction to the study of certain concepts in Industrial Relations.
Course Outline:
Topic 1: Concept of Industrial Relations.
Topic 2: The Objectives of Industrial Relations. .
Topic 3: Importance of Industrial Relations to a Country.
Topic 4: Actors of Industrial Relations.
Topic 5: Definition, Aims, Structure and Functions of Trade Union.
Topic 5: Definition, Aims, Structure and Functions of Employer's Organization.
Topic 6: Definition and Structure of Collective Bargaining.
Topic 7: Benefits of Collective Bargaining to the Actors of Industrial Relations.
Topic 8: Definition and Causes of Industrial Conflicts.
Topic 9: Resolution of Industrial Conflicts.
Topic 10: The effects of Industrial Conflicts.
Topic 12: Introduction to Labour Economics.
Topic 13:Labour Management Relations.
Recommended Texts:
Contemporary Industrial Relations: A Critical Analysis
By Ian Beardwell
Oxford University Press, 1990
Challenge of Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, Management and the Public Interest
By Sumner H. Slichter
Industrial Relations; theory and Practice
By Michael Salamon
2001
Industrial Relations in Nigeria: Development and Practice
Tayo Fashoyin
An Introduction to Industrial Relations in Nigeria
By T. M. Yesufu
Jan. 1, 1965.
- Teacher: ADIGUN ABEL