Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss the systems framework for studying and analyzing employment relations.
2. Describe the legal framework governing union certification procedures and union-management relations in Canada.
3. Discuss the function and role of unions in contemporary Canadian society.
4. Describe the various management strategies related to unionized workplaces.
5. Discuss the role of the collective agreement in unionized workplaces.
6. Describe the impacts of unionization on employees and firms in Canada.
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives, theories, and concepts in the field of labour and employment relations.
8. Identify and describe the main developments in the historical evolution of management practices, Canadian labour history, and labour law.
9. Identify and critically interpret the legal principles, employment laws, and workplace regulations which govern employment relations in Canada.
10. Apply the theoretical and practical aspects of human resource management to formulate strategies that will enable organizations to achieve both operational and strategic goals related to the organization's human resources.
11. Explain and evaluate the key assumptions on which human behaviour in organisations is currently managed and assess the effect of these ideas on employee attitudes and actions.
12. Critically analyze and evaluate the key processes of labour relations at the workplace level and their relationships to the institutions governing workplace relations.
13. Identify and explain the main elements of industrial relations policy and apply core theories from labour economics to assess the overall structure and functioning of labour markets.