Collective bargaining

Lesson plan on Collective Bargaining

General Information:

Name of the teacher: Binal Joshi

Course Management of nursing services and educationUnit Unit 4

Topic Collective Bargaining

Group of students Seven semester students

No. of students in group 60

Date

Time (45 minutes)

Venue classroom

Previous knowledge of the group

Teaching method Lecture cum discussion

Audio-Visual Aids Black board, PPT, Hand out,Video

Central Objective : After completion of the class students will be able to gain knowledge and understanding about Collective Bargaining

Specific objectives: After completion of the topic students will be able to…

1. To introduce the term collective bargaining.

2. To identify features of collective Bargaining

3. To explain Importance of collective bargaining.


5. To relate levels of collective bargaining

6. To describe problems of collective bargaining.

Lesson Plan on collective bargaining. Page 1

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Specific Objective

Content Time(Min.)

Teaching-Learning activities

Evaluation

1. To introduce the term

Introduction: Collective bargaining.Collective bargaining is a type of negotiation used by employees to work with their employers. During a collective bargaining period, workers' representatives approach the employer and attempt to negotiate a contract which both sides can agree

2 The teacher introduces the term with the use of chalk board

What is Collective bargaining?

2. To identify features of collective Bargaining

Features: It is a collective process. The representatives of both workers and

management participate in bargaining. II. It is a continuous process. It establishes regular

and stable relationship between the parties involved. It involves not only the negotiation of the contract, but also the administration of the contract.

III. It is a flexible and dynamic process. The parties have to adopt a flexible attitude through the process of bargaining.

IV. It is a method of partnership of workers in management

3 Teacher explains verbally features by showing PPT

What are the features of collective bargaining?


Importance to society

1) Collective bargaining leads to industrial peace in the

8 Teacher explains verbally importance by showing PPT

How collective Bargaining is important to society?


country.2) It results in establishment of a harmonious industrial

climate which supports, which helps the pace of a nation’s efforts towards economic and social development since the obstacles to such a development can be reduced considerably.

3) The discrimination and exploitation of workers is constantly being checked.

4) It provides a method or the regulation of the conditions of employment of those who are directly concerned about them.

Importance to employees

1) Collective bargaining develops a sense of self respect and responsibility among the employees.

2) It increases the strength of the workforce, thereby, increasing their bargaining capacity as a group.

3) Collective bargaining increases the morale and productivity of employees.

4) It restricts management’s freedom for arbitrary action against the employees..

5) The workers feel motivated as they can approach the management on various matters and bargain for higher benefits.

6) It helps in securing a prompt and fair settlement of grievances.

7) It provides a flexible means for the adjustment of


wages and employment conditions to economic and technological changes in the industry, as a result of which the chances for conflicts are reduced

4. To identify stages of collective bargaining.

STAGES OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

In many companies, agreements have a fixed time scale and a collective bargaining process will review the procedural agreement when negotiations take place on pay and conditions of employment.

PREPARE

• This phase involves composition of a negotiation team.

• The negotiation team should consist of representatives of both the parties with adequate knowledge and skills for negotiation.

• In this phase both the employer’s representatives and the union examine their own situation in order to develop the issues that they believe will be most important.

• A correct understanding of the main Issues to be covered and intimate Knowledge of operations, working Conditions production norms and Other relevant conditions is Required.

12 Teacher explains verbally stages of collective bargaining by using hand out

What are the stages of collective bargaining?


DISCUSS

• The parties decide the ground rules that will guide the negotiations.

An environment of mutual trust and understanding is also created so that the collective bargaining agreement would be reached

BARGAIN• It involves the initial opening statements and the

possible options that exist to resolve them. In a word, this phase could be described as ‘brainstorming’. The exchange of messages takes place and opinion of both the parties is sought.

• Negotiations are easy if a problem solving attitude is adopted.

• This stage comprises the time when ‘what ifs’ and ‘supposals’ are set forth and the drafting of agreements take place.

SETTELEMENT• Once the parties are through with the bargaining

process, a consensual agreement is reached upon wherein both the parties agree to a common decision regarding the problem or the issue.

• This stage is described as consisting of effective joint implementation of the agreement through shared visions, strategic planning and negotiated change.


5. To relate levels of collective bargaining

Levels of collective bargaining

Economy-wide (national)

• Bargaining is a bipartite or tripartite form of negotiation between union confederations, central employer associations and government agencies.

• It aims at providing a floor for lower-level bargaining on the terms of employment, often taking into account macroeconomic goals.

Sectoral bargaining:• It aims at the standardization of the terms of

employment in one industry, includes a range of bargaining patterns.

• Bargaining may be either broadly or narrowly defined in terms of the industrial activities covered and may be either split up according to territorial subunits or conducted nationally.

(c) Enterprise Level:• It involves the company and/or

Establishment. • It emphasizes the point that bargaining

Levels need not be mutually exclusive.

8 Teacher explains the levels by showing the videos and explains the topic verbally.

What do you mean by economy wide level of collective bargaining?


6. To describe problems of collective bargaining.

PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

1. Due to the dominance of outsiders in trade unionism in the country, there is multiplicity of unions which are weak and unstable, and not represent majority of the employees. Moreover, there are inter-union rivalries, which further hinder the process of collective bargaining between the labor and the management.

2. Trade unions are having political affiliations, they continue to be dominated by politicians, who use the unions and their members to meet their political ends.

3. There is a lack of definite procedure to determine which union is to be recognized to serve as a bargaining agent on behalf of the workers

4. There has been very close association between the trade unions and political parties. As a result, trade union movement has leaned towards political orientations rather than collective bargaining

5 Teacher verbally exlains problems with the use of power point

What are theproblems of collective bargaining?

Assignment to the students : Write down the assignment on: “The process of collective bargaining”

Date of Submission :

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