INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
AREA OF STUDY: CORE
BAC 362

Year: 3
Semester: 6

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* Continuous
** Duration: 3 hours

Course Objective
The course aims at imparting knowledge to students on various dimensions of industrial relations and developing analytical skills on them of managing issues of industrial relations, particularly in the context of Nepalese organizations.
Course Contents
Unit 1: Introduction T.H.6
Concept and purposes of industrial relations; Process of industrial relations; Actors (workers, employers, government) of industrial relations system, pluralist and Marxist.
Unit 2: Labor Policies and Legislations T.H.5
Features of labor policy; The Labor Act; The Trade Union Act and Structure of labor administration in Nepal.
Unit 3: Trade Unionism T.H.9
Concept, objectives of trade unions and methods of achieving the objectives; Features and functions of trade unions; Types of trade unions; Theories of trade unionism; Trade unionism in Nepal growth, characteristics, present position and right and responsibilities.
Unit 4: Industrial Dispute and Grievance T.H.8
Concept, feature, causes, classification and manifestations of industrial disputes; Methods of prevention(joint management council, work committee, grievance handling, code of discipline, code of conduct, profit- sharing and statutory methods) and settlement (collective bargaining, conciliation, arbitration and adjudication) of industrial disputes with reference to Nepal.
Unit 5: Collective Bargaining T.H.6
Concept, feature, principles, types and process of collective of bargaining; Collective bargaining in Nepal.
Unit 6: Workers' Participation in Management T.H.9
Concept, purpose and significance of participation; Forms of participation: information sharing, consultation, association of workers, joint decision- making and Board of Directors. Scenario of worker's participation in management in Nepal: problems, prospects, legal provisions and present status.
Unit 7: International Labor Organization (ILO) and Nepal T.H.5
An Introduction to ILO: origin, objectives and structure of ILO; Role of ILO in Nepalese labor development activities; Nepal's ratifications on the conventions of ILO and adaptation of international labor standards in its policies and laws.
Suggested Readings
1. Asdhir, Vijay, Management of Industrial Relations, Ludhiana: Kalyani Publishers.
2. Dunlop, J. T., Industrial Relations System (Rev. Edn.), Boston, MA: Harvard Business School.
3. Farnham, David and John Pimlot, Understanding Industrial Relations, London: Cassell.
4. ILO, Labor Administration: A Profile on Nepal, Kathmandu: ILO Office
5. Kanoon Byabasthapan Samiti, The Labour Act and The Trade Union Act (in Nepali), Kathmandu: HMG/N
6. Mamoria, C. B., S. Mamoria and S. V. Gankar, Dynamics of Industrial Relations, Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing House.
7. Monnapa, Arun, Industrial Relations. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited.
8. Pant, P. R. and Narayan Manandhar (Eds), Industrial Relations in Nepal: A Book of Readings, Kathmandu: Friedrich Naumann Foundation and Industrial Relations Forum.