Master Syllabus: HRM 44731

TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

HRM 4473
Labor Law and Collective Bargaining

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB MISSION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business (SCOB) prepares a diverse student body, drawn primarily from Alabama and surrounding states, to become successful, ethical and engaged business professionals with the knowledge to compete in the global business environment.

To achieve this our faculty, staff, and administration will:

Provide quality undergraduate and graduate education in global business through high-quality teaching;

Serve the university and engage with business and professional communities in our primary service area through individual involvement and our centers for research and outreach;

Grow and enhance the longstanding “culture of caring” for our traditional, nontraditional, military, and international students; and

Contribute to the creation of knowledge, with a focus on the scholarship of application and integration, and teaching and learning, complemented by basic and discovery scholarship in select disciplines.

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB VISION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business strives to be a renowned teaching-focused business college graduating GEEKS ready to succeed in business and life.

Prerequisites

Pre-Business Core, MGT 3300.

Description

A study of court decisions, national labor, administrative regulations, and procedures of the National Labor Relations Board that guide effective approaches to collective bargaining and labor relations.

Objectives

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Compare and contrast labor law and employment discrimination law.
  2. Differentiate between the functions and roles of the NLRB and the EEOC.
  3. Recount the history of labor relations in the US, listing and describing the major labor laws and judicial decisions, including the Wagner, Taft-Hartley, and Landrum-Griffin Acts.
  4. Recount the history of civil rights in the US, listing and describing the major employment discrimination laws, judicial decisions, and executive orders, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and amendments.
  5. Participate effectively in collective-bargaining and organizational-grievance processes.
  6. Discuss union substitution policies and employment discrimination compliance strategies.

Purpose

To provide basic knowledge of the employment and labor relations laws and experience in developing written skills through written case analysis in preparation for entry-level management positions. Numbered MGT 4477 prior to Fall 2005 (prior version did not include employment discrimination law).

Required Activity

This course must contain a student engagement activity with the community that relates to course content. The activity may include guest speakers, site visits, projects for the community/industry, etc…

Approved Texts

Cihon, P. J., & Castagnera, J. O. (2008 or current). Employment and labor law (6th ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/West Legal Studies in Business.

Fossum, J. A. (2006or current). Labor relations: Development, structure, processes (9th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. [Use with Twomey or Bennett & Alexander supplement.]

Holley, W. H., Jennings, K. M., & Wolters, R. S. (2005or current). The Labor Relations Process (8th ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western. [Use with Twomey or Bennett & Alexander supplement].

Sloane, A. A., & Witney, F. (2004or current). Labor relations (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. [Use with Twomey or Bennett & Alexander supplement.]

Twomey, D. P. (2004or current). Labor and employment law: Text and cases. Mason, OH: Thomson/ West Legal Studies in Business.

Supplements

Bennett-Alexander, D. D., & Hartman, L. P. (2004or current). Employment law for business (4th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

Twomey, D. P. (2005or current). Employment discrimination law: A manager’s guide: Text and cases (6th ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/West Legal Studies in Business.

Troy University Faculty Handbook (2016): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):

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