St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY 10976

 

Course:  BUSA 315        COURSE CONTENT      COURSE ASSIGNMENTS          ON-LINE RESOURCES             

 

Instructor:          Ms. Patricia Pacchiana                          Office Hours:  Mon – Fri.

Office:               MH218                                                                        10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.*

Tel.:                  (845) 398-4044

E-Mail:              ppacchia@stac.edu                               *By appointment.  Walk-ins welcome,

                                                                                      schedule permitting                             

                                   

TEXT:                The Labor Relations Process

                        Eighth Edition

                        By W. H. Helley, Jr., K. M. Jennings & R. S. Wolters

                        Thomson South-Western

 

 

COURSE CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Group relations in business.  The labor market, wage structures, collective bargaining, labor legislation, and the government’s role in labor-management relations.  Prerequisite:  BUSA 121 or permission of instructor.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

·    To provide a broad view of the topic from both a historical and current perspective; and the many complex issues surrounding labor relations

·    To gain an understanding of why workers unionize and why, often, employers resist unionization

·    To provide the basic knowledge needed to manage labor relations from a union or management perspective

 

For those who don’t see a direct correlation between these objectives and their personal goals:

“No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest – for it is a part of education to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.”   ---T.S. Eliot

 

 

COURSE FORMAT:       Lectures, self-study, case studies, experiential exercises, student discussion, tests

 

GRADING:

 

A     940 - 1000 points

Mid-term:           150 points

B+   870 -  939  points

Final:                150 points

B     800 -   869 points

Project:             300 points

C+   750 -   799 points

Class Part.:       100 points

C     700 -   749 points

Discus. Ques.: 300 points

D     650 -   699 points

Extra Credit:        50 points

F     Less than 650 points

 

 

                                                           

POLICY/PROCEDURE:

                                                 

Attendance/                   Minus 3 points from final grade for each absence in excess of three.

Lateness:                      Students are expected to report to class on time.  Chronic late appearance in class will have negative impact on final grade.

 

Class Participation:        Students are encouraged to become active members of the class “group”.  A group is two or more people who interact with each other to accomplish certain goals or meet certain needs. People working in a group are able to produce more or higher-quality outputs than would have been produced if each person had worked separately. 

 

Additional points will be given based on class participation.  The instructor will provide detail during the class introduction.

 

Task Responsibility:       Assignments and exams are due on the assigned date.  Rarely will exceptions be made.  If there are emergency/extraordinary circumstances, please speak with the instructor directly.