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Major Project
The assignment may be attempted either individually or in-groups of typically three or four
students. The assignment is a learning activity and is designed to address real Industrial Relation
issues in organizations.
Choose an organization with which you are familiar. Write a report describing the organizations
Industrial Relation Journey.
• Explain the imperative driving the organization move to improve Industrial Relations. Discuss
the Industrial Relation philosophy adopted. (What is IR for the organization? When did it start
formally/informally, Where, Who, Why and How did it start? etc.
• Explain the strategic role of Industrial Relation in the organization and show how it
contributes to the organization's competitive advantage.
• Discuss about the Trade Union; Total numbers if any, if there are no unions describe the
ways they come up with group grievances or problems. Also include Positive and Negative
issues about the union.
• Highlight on Collective bargaining if any, if not discuss on how do they come up with group
requests.
• Explain the ways company handles the conflicts. Also include the types of conflicts and ways
of settlement. Comment on their Grievance handling. Outline the Workers Participation
Schemes or similar to that.
• Develop some recommendations for improving the Industrial Relation of the organization over
the next two years. Comment on any shortcomings in present or past approaches and
suggest alternate solutions or methodologies that could be applied.
Assessment Criteria
• Critical assessment and analysis of the literature and organizational practice (10%)