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Archived Version 2010 - 2011
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Description The aims of this module are: to provide an appreciation of the importance of having joint procedures, their content and construction; to develop an understanding of collective bargaining and to practise it in a roleplay situation; to introduce the student to other bargaining forms useful in particular situations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Differentiate between various procedural agreements in the workplace e.g. discipline, grievance, dispute, redundancy. 2. Explain collective bargaining in all its forms e.g. decentralised, national, productivity. 3. Illustrate the major elements of collective agreements and how binding on employees and employers they might be in various circumstances. 4. Discuss the process of negotiations between employees and employers and the conventions which are crucial for the respective negotiators to abide by. 5. Learn to handle oneself in a practical bargaining situation by taking part in an extensive negotiating role play exercise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Joint Procedures FrameworkDefinition, Advantages, Formality, Procedural Agreements - discipline, grievance, negotiation/dispute, redundancy.Practical Collective BargainingDefinition, Levels of Collective Bargaining, Subject Matter for Collective Bargaining and Agreements (substantive and procedural), History of Collective Bargaining, The Negotiating Process, Collective Bargaining Conventions, Six Stages of Negotiating.Collective Bargaining - Further Aspects.More Definitions, Limitations, Collective Bargaining Theories, Collective Agreements - features, contents, additional aspects, Legal and Ethical Issues, Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.Centralised BargainingIntroduction, Early National Wage Agreements, National Wage Agreements / Understandings - history, main features, conflict avoidance, analysis, Programme for National Recovery (PNR), Programme for Economic and Social Progress (PESP),Programme for Competitiveness and Work (PCW), Partnership 2000 (P2000), Programme for Prosperity and Fairness (PPF), Sustaining Progress1 & 2, Towards 2016 Partnership AgreementProductivity BargainingIntroduction, Definitions / Differences, History, Main Features, Participants - employer, employee, trade unions, Conclusions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Resources 726, Lecture Handouts, J-K Barrett, 0, Class Materials, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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