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Part A: Basic Details

Name of Course Human Resource Management (HRMB19-3)

Course Instructor(s)
Dr. K. R. Shyam Sundar & Dr. Jatinder Jha
(please provide email id)
Academic Associate(s)
Ms. Y. Pragati, pragati@xlri.ac.in
(please provide email id)

Area Human Resource Management

Program BM

Term III

Type of Course
Core
(Core/Elective/Workshop)

Number of Credits 2*3=6 (shared between the two faculties)

Number of Classroom Contact

1170 hours
Hours
Course Pre-requisites (if any,
including cut-off grades in -
specific core courses)

Course Textbook -

Course Handout to be Provided

Yes
(Yes/No)
No. of Sessions to be taken by
1
Guest Faculty
Name of Guest Faculty (if
Mr. Martin Shah
identified)

Part B: About the Course

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Course Description Industrial Relations

Course Learning Objectives The broad objectives of the course are to

Who is the course suitable for? (for electives
only)
develop a critical understanding of the
institutions, processes and outcomes of
industrial relations, the aims and
objectives of the institutions, their role
and significance, managerial strategies
and practices, and recent innovations and
changes that have been taking place in
response to changing environment.
N.A.

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Session Plan*

Chapters from Course Pedagogy (Case Studies/in-class

Session Textbook and Reading exercise/questionnaire/presentations)
Session Topic Learning Objectives
No(s) Material other than Case
Studies
I Introduction to Industrial Familiarisation of the My PPT Discussion based teaching
and Employment Discipline of IR & ER
Relations and Trade and Trade Unions
Unions
II Trade Unions and Stakeholder Sensitivity My PPT Group Discussion/Case
Collective Bargaining in Study/Presentation
India
III Trade Unions and Stakeholder Sensitivity My PPT Group Discussion/Case
Collective Bargaining in Study/Presentation
India
IV & V Grievance To make students Case Studies (soft copy) & Group Discussion/Case
Administration & understand the my PPT Study/Presentation
Industrial Conflict dynamics at the
workplace and in
employer-employee
and trade union-
management relations
VI Industrial Discipline Importance of My PPT Caselets and Presentation
managing discipline at
workplace with
sensitivity
VII Industrial Discipline and Familiarisation of E material Discussion and Debate
Contemporary Labour students with
Law and Governance contemporary debates
Reforms in labour law and

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policy making and how

it impacts at the firm
level operations
VIII Managing Redundancies: The dynamics of ONE VRS SCHEME & Discussion
(Guest VRS (guest Lecture) managing workforce in PPT
Lecture) (Martin Shah) the wake of intense
product market
competition

Note: - The course instructor may modify the sequence of topics or coverage based on initial experience and the mid-course review.

For Attendance Norms please refer to section 10 of the Student’s Manual.

For Evaluation and Grading Norms refer to sections 20, 21 and 22 of the Student’s Manual.

For Disciplinary Action refer to sections 26 and 27 of the Student’s Manual.

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Details of Evaluation Components

Evaluation Module Yes/No Weightage for the

Evaluation Component1
Mid-Term Yes 30

End-Term No -

Quizzes No -

Assignments Yes 18

Class Attendance Yes 07

Presentation No -

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