HRM 240 Employee and Labor Relations and Risk Management

5 credits

This course examines how employee relations can create a positive organizational culture. Students also explore facets of the labor relations process: collective representation, union organization, bargaining, and negotiations. Also covered in this course are risk management and measures that create a safe and secure work environment.

Prerequisites: ABED 040 (or placement into MATH 087 or higher) and ABED 046 (or placement into ENGL 093 or higher)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe the nature of employee and labor relations and human resource’s role in those relationships
Distinguish between approaches to disciplinary actions and the various types of alternative dispute resolution procedures in a union or non-union setting
Identify the principal state and federal laws that provide the framework for employee and labor relations
Describe facets of labor relations processes such as collective representation, union organization, bargaining, and negotiations
Apply understanding of the process of unionization
Explain how employee relations can create a positive organizational culture
Respond appropriately to information about employee and labor relations conveyed in verbal, non-verbal, written, and symbolic ways
Describe the major societal trends in workplace safety
Identify the federal and state laws and basic provisions relating to risk management: occupational health, safety, and security
Explain measures that create a safe and secure work environment
Explain the importance of strategically managing risk and safety

Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50