HRM08015 2016 Employee Relations

This module examines the nature of employee relations incorporating conflict resolution strategies, collective bargaining, dealing with disputes; negotiating and monitoring employee behaviour.

A concise overview of contemporary Irish Industrial Relations, reflecting the changed economic, legislative, social and political environments in Ireland today. * Provides all the main contextual issues and theoretical perspectives, combined with details on institutions, to promote an informed view of this subject. * Presents a historical and international context, allowing for an apprecaition of industrial relations processes, law and practice. * Highlights the Croke Park Agreement, new employment legislation and trade union law amendments, and features and analyses all current industrial relations developments. * Includes comparative material, which gives context to the nature and development of the contemporary Irish system of industrial relations. * Provides guidance on key skills for managing people, including negotiation skills and skills for conducting disciplinary and grievance interviews. * Presents a balanced and comprehensive treatment of contentious topics, and uses case studies to provide context and engage debate. Written For: Industrial Relations or Human Resource Management courses at third level Institute of Professional Development courses Industrial relations practitioners

Breaking new ground and drawing on contributions from the leading academics in the field, this notable volume focuses specifically on industrial relations.  Informative and revealing, the text provides an overview of the industrial relations systems of nine regions (North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and India) and is divided into two distinct sections covering:

• regional variations in global industrial relations systems 
• contemporary themes in global industrial relations.

Combining both systems and thematic issues, this important new text is invaluable reading for postgraduates and professionals in the fields of human resources management, industrial relations and business and management as well as anyone studying or interested in the issues surrounding global industrial relations.

This is the ideal resource for students who need to gain a thorough understanding of contemporary issues and the practical skills needed for the workplace. Tony Dundon and Derek Rollinson clearly guide readers through the multitude of factors - economic, social, psychological and legal - that shape contemporary employment relations and management practice. Their student-friendly approach provides exercises, case studies and reflective questions - plus a wealth of additional resources online - designed to help readers think critically and apply their knowledge to real-world situations.

This revised edition of Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice follows the approach established successfully in preceding volumes edited by Paul Edwards. The focus is on Britain after a decade of public policy which has once again altered the terrain on which employment relations develop. Government has attempted to balance flexibility with fairness, preserving light-touch regulation whilst introducing rights to minimum wages and to employee representation in the workplace. Yet this is an open economy, conditioned significantly by developing patterns of international trade and by European Union policy initiatives. This interaction of domestic and cross-national influences in analysis of changes in employment relations runs throughout the volume.

The structure has been amended slightly. Britain is placed straight away in comparative perspective before attention focuses explicitly on employment relations actors, contexts, processes, and outcomes. Each of the chapters is written by authorities in the field and provides up to date analysis and commentary. A spine of chapters from the preceding volume have been revised and extensively updated and new chapters have been added to refine coverage of issues such as the private sector and developing legal institutions.

Overall, a picture emerges of an economy that is in incremental and contested transition. The imperatives of 'globalization' now infuse governance mechanisms that were once responsive principally to domestic agenda and employment standards are set now by the state that once were established through collective bargaining. It is this fragile and emerging model that will be tested significantly through sustained political and economic change.

"Completely revised, the latest edition of Industrial Relations provides an invaluable guide to the actors, contexts, processes and significant outcomes within British employment relations. Based on a thorough review of the latest research, it is essential reading for students, academics and those professionally involved in employment relations and human resource management."
Edmund Heery, Cardiff Business School

"This is a terrific collection of insightful analyses of British workplace relations in a global context provided by leading scholars. The chapters creatively utilize a multidisciplinary and critical approach that reveals the continuing and unique value of an industrial relations perspective. The volume cleverly assesses how factors including increased demographic diversity, organizational restructuring, globalization, and the reduced coverage of collective bargaining are affecting the nature and evolution of work and workplace relations. It is a must read.
Harry C. Katz, Cornell University, New York

"This volume definitely constitutes the most comprehensive and best collection of empirical as well as analytical essays on industrial relations in Great Britain. This substantially revised, enlarged and updated version of its well known predecessors puts the specific national experience in comparative context and international perspective. A truly interdisciplinary volume by leading authorities, this has to be highly recommended for domestic as well as foreign scholars, practitioners and policy makers."
Bernt Keller, University of Konstanz, Germany

"With working people facing the worst crisis in generations, this book is a much needed reminder of the crucial importance of employment relations research in Britain. The 3rd edition of Industrial Relations, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the IRRU at Warwick University, provides a completely updated, cutting-edge analysis by leading scholars on work and employment developments in contemporary Britain. It delivers a most informative view of modern employment, its problems and possibilities. A must for students and practitioners in employment relations, human resource management and industrial sociology."
Professor Carola Frege, London School of Economics and Editor of BJIR

"Employment Relations" is widely taught in business schools around the world. Increasingly however more emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relations between employers and workers. It is becoming ever more important to comprehend todays work and employment issues alongside a knowledge of the dynamics between global financial and product markets, global production chains, national and international employment actors and institutions and the ways in which these relationships play out in different national contexts.

This textbook is the first to present a cross-section of country studies, including all four BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China alongside integrative thematic chapters covering all the important topics needed to excel in this field. The textbook also benefits from the editors' and contributors' experience as leading scholars in Employment Relations.

The book is an ideal resource for students on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate comparative programmes across areas such as Employment Relations, Human Resource Management, Political Economy, Labour Politics, Industrial and Economic Sociology, Regulation and Social Policy.

Core Text: Industrial Relations in Ireland: Wallace, J, Gunnigle, P, McMahon, G (2013). Gill & Macmillan

Supplementary:

Understanding Employment Relations: Dundon, T & Rollinson, D (2011). McGraw-Hill

Industrial Relations Theory & Practice: Colling, T & Terry, M (2010). Wiley

Employee Reward. Perkins, S & White, G. (2008) CIPD

Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 13th edition:Armstrong, M. (2014) Kogan Page.

Human Resource Management in Ireland. Gunnigle, P, Heraty, N, Morley, M (2011). Gill & Macmillan.

Human Resource Management. Carbery, R and Cross, C. 2013. Palgrave Macmillan.

Human Resource Management at work (5th ed). Marchington, M & Wilkinson, A. (2012). CIPD

Industrial Relations Theory & Practice. Colling, T & Terry, M (2010). Wiley

Strategic HRM: Research and Practice in Ireland, Harney, B., Monks, K. (eds) (2014) : Orpen Press.

Employee Relations: Gennard & Judge, G (2005). CIPD

An Introduction to Collective Bargaining & Industrial Relations: Katz, H & Kochan, T (2013). McGraw Hill

Global Industrial Relations: Morley, M Gunnigle, P, Collings, D (2006). Routledge

Blogs:

http://worklabournewsresearch.tumblr.com/

http://alexwhite.org/category/blog/industrial-relations/

Websites:

Central Statistics Office www.cso.ie 

Economic and Social Research Institute www.esri.ie
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (European Industrial relations Observatory on-line) www.eiro.eurofound.ie/eirobserver.html
Eurostat (source of social and economic statistics on EU) http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/home.htm
Industrial Relations News www.irn.ie
FORFAS www.forfas.ie
IDA www.ida.ie
Enterprise Ireland www.enterprise-ireland.com
Public Appointments Service www.publicjobs.ie
Irish Academy of Management (an association of academics focused on research and teaching in management studies) www.iamireland.com
International Labour Organization www.ilo.org
National Centre for Partnership and Performance www.ncpp.ie
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development www.oecd.org
Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union www.siptu.ie
Irish Business and Employers Confederation www.ibec.ie
Irish Congress of Trade Unions www.ictu.ie
Workplace Relations Commission www.workplacerelations.ie/en/
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment www.entemp.ie
Employment Appeals Tribunal www.eatribunal.ie
Labour Court ph. www.labourcourt.ie
Equality Authority www.equality.ie
Health & Safety Authority www.hsa.ie
Society for Human Resource Management (US) www.shrm.org

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development www.cipd.co.uk

People management - the magazine of the CIPD www.peoplemanagement.co.uk
CIPD in Ireland www.cipd.co.uk/branch/Ireland

Lecturer: Jimmy Treacy

Office: B1085