Pass mark: 35
Lecture Hours: 150
Course Objectives:
This course aims to familiarize the students with the basic concepts of Industrial relations. It will also focus on the
structure of trade unionism, industrial disputes and its settlement, participative management, wage determination
and other related issues.
Course Description:
This course contains introduction to industrial relations, trade unionism and employer's association, prevention
and settlement of industrial disputes, industrial democracy and participatory management, labour legislation,
wage determination, ILO and Nepal, labor welfare and social security, technology and industrial relations,
industrial relations scenario in Nepal.
Course Details:
Unit 1: Introduction to Industrial Relations LH 8
Concept and meaning of IRs, objectives and scope of industrial relations, forms of industrial relations,
theories of industrial relations, actors of Industrial relations, the system perspectives of industrial
relations, industrialization strategy and industrial relations.
Unit 2: Trade Unionism and Employers’ Association LH 18
Concept, functions and objectives of trade union and employer's associations, emergence of trade
unionism,, trade union activities, trade unions in service sector, structure of trade unions in Nepal, trade
union movement in Nepal, trade unions related issues in Nepalese organizations, provisions in Trade
Union Act 2049 (1992),origin, growth and types of trade unionism and employers association in Nepal.
Unit 3: Prevention and Settlement of Industrial Disputes LH 27
Concept and causes of disputes, typology of industrial disputes: Individual and collective disputes,
interest and right disputes; Prevention of disputes: Code of conduct, handling employee grievances,
Grievance machinery, maintain discipline; Settlement of disputes: Collective bargaining: concept and
process, nature of collective bargaining, collective bargaining as a method of wage fixation, prerequisite
for collective bargaining, negotiating techniques and skills, types of collective bargaining contracts,
provisions of collective bargaining in Nepal, collective bargaining issues in Nepalese organizations;
Conciliation and arbitration; Legal framework for settlement of industrial disputes resolution in Nepal.
Unit 4: Industrial Democracy and Participatory Management LH 20
Concepts of Industrial Democracy and Participatory Management; Schemes of workers’ participation in
management, determinants of workers’ participation in management, workers’ empowerment-techniques
quality circle and its application Kaizen and its benefits quality of work life and work behavior, joint
work committees, managing good industrial relations- problem and prospects future of industrial
relations; Workers’ participation in management in Nepal: Legal provision and practices.
Unit 5: Labour Legislation LH 15
Concept; Objectives of labour legislation; Labour legislation in Nepal:
Labour Act, Trade Union Act and Bonus Act.
Unit 6: Wage Determination LH 14
Concept of wages; Methods and criteria of wage determination; Minimum wages in Nepal; Wages and
productivity
Unit 7: ILO and Nepal LH 13
Governing principles and objectives of ILO; Functions and activities of ILO; Structure of ILO; Labor
standards; ILO’s activities in Nepal.
Unit 8: Labor Welfare and Social Security LH 15
Concept and objectives of labor welfare; Types of labor welfare programs; Concept and Methods of
social security; Labor welfare and social security in Nepal.
Unit 9: Technology and Industrial Relations LH 10
Modernization of work processes; Effects of New Technology in Employment; Trade unions and
technological change; Managing technological change
Unit 10: Industrial Relations Scenario in Nepal LH 10
Historical perspective and Current scenario; Emerging trends and issues if IRs in Nepalese organizations.
Project Work LH 10
After the completion of fourth year concentration classes the students shall have to prepare and submit a project
work in the area they have specialized. The subject teachers have to discuss with students on possible topics of the
project work, availability and sources of literature, availability of data, data collection methods, appropriate tools
of data analysis, etc relevant to the subject within 10 lecture hours.
Basic Books:
Monappa, A., Industrial Relations, New Delhi: Tata-McGraw Hill.
Verma, P., Management of Industrial Relations, New Delhi: Oxford and IBH.
Singh, B.D. Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, New Delhi : Excel Book.
Bhatia, S.K. constructive Industrial relations and Labour Laws, New Delhi: Deep & Deep Publications, India
Monappa, A., Nambudiri, R.& Selvaraj, P. Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, Tata McGraw Hill Education
Pvt. Ltd.
Salamon, M., Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice, New delhi: Prentice Hall
Sihna, P.R.N., Industrial Relations, Trade Unions and Labour Legislation, New Delhi: Pearson Education
Ratnam, C.S.V., Industrial Relations, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, India.
Reference Books:
ILO, Labour Adminstration: A Profile on Nepal, Kathmandu: the Office of the ILO Advisor.
Pant, Prem R. and Manandhar, Narayan (eds), Industrial Relations in Nepal: A book of Readings, Kathmandu:
FNP and IRF.
Shrestha, B.M., Industrial Relations Management (Theory and Practice), Kathmandu: Akshalok Prakashan,
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