Labor & Management Relations, Labor Negotiations, Labor Studies - Unions & Labor Movement

Labor-Management Relations in a Changing World

Name: Labor-Management Relations in a Changing World
Author: Michael Ballot
ISBN: 9780471620181

by Michael Ballot

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Overview

An exciting software simulation allows students to manage real negotiations! Also available with the text is The Negotiating Exercise, a comprehensive, hands-on simulation in which students assume the roles of union and management team members in collective bargaining for a new contract! Students will engage in a real-life bargaining scenario as they manage negotiations for a fictitious company and union. Using the theories of labor and union-management relations, students will work together formulating agendas, strategies, and contract changes that they can agree upon. The software provides the tools students need to start negotiating including:
*Coverage of the process of developing bargaining objectives and strategies to provide a firm starting point for negotiation
*Background information of the company, the union, and their relationship, as well as important statistical "information", to create an atmosphere similar to real negotiations
*Forms that can be used for agendas, planning strategies, and working out necessary changes
*Suggested negotiating format and general guidelines for conducting the exercise that can be altered to suit the needs of the course and students
*A detailed, current collective bargaining contract to serve as a realistic guide for learning
*Arbitration cases are also included for students, creating yet more hands-on experience in labor-management relations

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This introductory-level text intended for labor-management relations or industrial relations courses begins with a substantial background to the American labor movement. The next four sections cover collective bargaining, labor-management disputes and their resolution, labor relations in the public sector, and the scope and future of American labor-management relations with comparisons to the systems of other countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)