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Introduction to Employee Relations
Unitarist and Pluralist perspectives
The Role of Employer Associations in Ireland such as IBEC and ISME
The role of the ICTU and Unions in both the private and public sectors
Current priorities of organisations in Ireland e.g. staff shortages and inflation
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Employee Voice
Understanding of the importance of Employee Voice in organisations
Methods of ensuring that employee voices are heard
Impact of good/poor communications in an organisation
Role of the Psychological Contract
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Grievance and Discipline
Grievance handling in organisations
Correct handling of disciplinary issues in organisations
Understanding of Employees rights in both situations
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Disputes & Resolution
The 1990 IR Act
The right to strike in Ireland
The conduct of strikes
Negotiations Simulation
Current trends in Industrial action
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Alternative dispute mechanisms
Mediation
Conciliation
The appropriate use of each
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International Employee Relations
Introduction to ER in USA, UK and Europe
The emergence of unions in new companies and sectors
Union busting in the USA and its implications for Ireland and Europe
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Recommended Book Resources |
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Gunnigle, P., Wallace, J., O’Sullivan, M.. (2020), Industrial Relations in Ireland, 5th Ed. Dublin: IPA.
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Dundon, Tony; Cullinane, Niall and Wilkinson, Adrian. (2017), A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Employment Relations., Sage. Ebook available.
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Tarique, Ibraiz; Briscoe, Dennis and Schuler, Randall. (2022), International Human Resource Management., Taylor and Francis. Ebook available.
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Armstrong, Michael and Taylor, Stephen. (2020), Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Practice, 15th Ed. London: Kogan Page. Ebook available.
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Gould, Jeff and Bratton, John. (2017), Human Resource theory and practice., Palgrave Macmillan. Ebook available.
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Supplementary Book Resources |
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Emer O’Hagan. (2002), Employee Relations in the periphery of Europe., Palgrave Macmillan.
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Beardwell, Julie and Thomspon, Amanda (Eds). (2017), Human Resource Management: a contemporary approach., Harlow: Pearson Education. Ebook available..
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Carberry, Ronan and Cross, Christine. (2019), Human Resource Management., Palgrave Macmillan. Ebook available..
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Reiche, Sebastian; Harzing, Anne-Wil; Tenzer, Helene. (2019), International Human Resource Management., London: Sage.
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This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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Other Resources |
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[Website], www.irn.ie.
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[Website], www.ictu.ie.
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[Website], www.ibec.ie.
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[Website], www.siptu.ie.
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[Website], www.wrc.ie.
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[Website], www.eurofound.ie.
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[Website], www.isme.ie.
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[Website], www.amcham.ie.
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