Hi all,
This is the page for the Management of Labour students. Each week, we will update you on information, messages and material for the course.
Please click here for general information on this module
Links in the right -hand column will direct you to the materials for each week.
Best of luck with the module, we hope that you all enjoy it and please contact us if you run into any problems.
| Week 1 | Introduction & Industrial Relations Perspectives |
| Week 2 | The Employment Relationship |
| Week 3 | What do human Resource Managers do? |
| Week 4 | Employer Organisations |
| Week 5 | Control of Time |
| Week 6 | Control of Pay |
| Week 7 | Control of Effort |
| Week 8 | Trade Union Avoidance |
| Week 9 | Trade Union Response |
| Week 10 |
Podcast:
Click here for a link to the below podcast which is relevant to the entire course content.
Researcher and University lecturer Deirdre Curran from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Deirdre joins the host William Corless to provide insights on fairness and justice at work. They discuss the many aspects of this topic that we should all consider, especially leaders. The conversation covers the human impact when fairness and justice is absent, the mechanisms at play and it also discusses power imbalance.
Recent Article:
Please see link to an article in relation to Employer Organisation Stratis (who were set up by an ex IBEC official Brendan McGinty).
This article encapsulates a lot of what we were talking about in class in relation to Employer Organisations, Control of Time, Control of Effort and Control of Pay.
Reference: Miley, I. (2021): Remote work could trigger return to piecework pay. RTE News, 26 March 2021, [date dowloaded]