38:533:565
Economics and Demographics of Labor Markets (3)
Covers the changing nature of the workforce, including
diversity characteristics and attitudinal shifts. Focus on human resource
management tracking and gaining competitive advantage though judicious use of
change.
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38:533:566
Employment Law (3)
Principles of law covering the employment relationship. Some
legal issues may also be covered in HR application courses.
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38:578:500
Introductory Seminar in Labor and Employment Relations (3)
Critical challenges facing workers, employers, labor
organizations, and the public with regard to work and employee representation.
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38:578:501
Research Methods in Labor and Employment Relations (3)
Definition of a research question; literature reviews;
effective research techniques; case-study and survey research methods. Basic
statistical skills, data analysis, and presentation.
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38:578:502
Writing in Employment Relations (3)
Creation of articulate, persuasive written documents of the
type needed in professional positions in employment relations; construction of
an argument; intensive, individualized instruction; ESL students particularly
welcome.
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38:578:503
Problem-solving Tools at Work (3)
Applied analytical and statistical tools for solving
problems at work, surveying employees, and maintaining quality. Projects are
individual/group and spreadsheet-intensive.
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38:578:504
Leadership in Work Organizations (3)
Leadership theory and its application to work organizations,
including unions, nonprofits, and businesses. Leadership of small groups and
large organizations; leadership diversity and development.
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38:578:505
Negotiation (3)
Negotiation strategy and tactics including positional,
interest-based, and other theoretical approaches; rights, power, leverage,
concessions, commitment; applications include business and labor contexts;
negotiation skill development.
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38:578:506
Theories of Labor and Employment Relations (3)
The historical evolution and current state of employment
relations theory. Workplace democracy, the source of workplace conflict,
alienation, the evolution of class, collective bargaining, and other issues are
discussed from a variety of perspectives.
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38:578:507
Strategic Corporate and Industry Research (3)
Overview of methods used to investigate the competitive
situation/prognosis of an industry's employers, profitability, sales,
employment, wages, and unionization; strategic corporate research.
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38:578:508
Group Processes and Team Dynamics (3)
Micro facilitation skill development; effective group
decision-making or problem-solving event design; moderator behavior allowing a
group to identify and achieve its goals.
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38:578:509
American Workers and Politics (3)
The democratization of politics and the emergence of workers
as citizens; the political role of workers in contemporary U.S. society. The
political ideology of American labor and its impact on electoral politics,
voting patterns, and political participation.
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38:578:510
The Inclusive Workplace (3)
Fostering an inclusive workplace; issues related to race,
ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and other
aspects of diversity in work organizations.
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38:578:511
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace (3)
Theory of emotional intelligence and its effects on employee
performance and organizational success; research on the development of
emotional intelligence; self-awareness and self- development.
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38:578:512
Self-Development for Professional Success (3)
How employees can advance their careers given the changing
nature of work and organizations; skill assessment/development, career
progression, and work/life balance; intergenerational, gender, and
racial/ethnic issues.
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38:578:513
Enforcing Worker Rights (3)
Labor standards enforcement in theory and practice, wages,
hours, overtime, and health/safety violations; diverse strategies for improved
enforcement, including involving worker organizations.
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38:578:515
Conflict Resolution in the Workplace (3)
Theories of workplace conflict. Critical review and analysis
of dispute resolution techniques in union and nonunion workplaces.
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38:624:516
Interpersonal Conflict at Work (3)
Major theories and evidence on conflict between coworkers;
competencies developed for effective management or resolution of this
ubiquitous phenomenon by all involved; improved performance and work group
cohesion.
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38:578:520
Benefits and Social Insurance (3)
Overview of benefits with a focus on social insurance
systems, health insurance, and pensions. Emphasis on public policy issues of
importance to both unions and employers.
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38:578:521
Immigration Law (3)
Contemporary immigration law in the U.S.; employer compliance issues; employee rights; immigrant employee representation and related policy debates.
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38:578:525
Public Sector Employment Issues (3)
Scope and nature of public employment; organizations of
public employees; problems and issues of federal, state, county, and municipal
employees; special problems of particular groups; and emerging patterns of
future development.
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38:578:526
Immigration, Public Policy, and Worker Rights (3)
The role of immigrant labor in contemporary society and
accompanying public policy debates. Theories of migration, history of migration
and immigration policy in the United States; labor market dynamics in
immigrant-dominated industries. Existing employment and labor rights of
immigrant workers. Community, labor, and immigrant organizations' efforts to
improve wages, working conditions, and immigration policy.
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38:578:527
Economics and Public Policy in a Global Context (3)
Economic policy options around the globe; governments and
markets; macro- and micro-level approaches; fiscal and monetary policies;
competition and social protection: trade; labor; income inequality.
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38:578:528
Employment Relations in Sports (3)
Using a global perspective across different sports and
related businesses, examination of union- management relations; individual
talent; diversity; and safety-health issues.
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38:587:530
Globalization, Corporate Restructuring, and Employment (3)
Study of the impact of globalization and corporate
restructuring on individuals, communities, jobs, work systems, organizations,
and the economy.
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38:578:535
Women and Global Labor Movements (3)
How women are organizing worldwide for gender justice and an
improved quality of life; how changing labor movements are addressing gender
issues.
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38:578:538
Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance (3)
Corporate governance issues; financial statement analysis;
and cost accounting for collective bargaining and workplace management.
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38:533:540
HR Decision-Making: Financial Decisions (3)
Financial analysis in the HR context. Cost analysis of HR
and HR programs. Cost/benefit analysis, organizational finance issues, and HRM.
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38:578:541
Women and Work (3)
An analysis of women's experiences and status in a range of
work settings; an evaluation of legal, institutional, and public policy
responses to issues such as the segregation of work by race and gender, pay
equity, the feminization of poverty, sexual harassment, and the restructuring
of work and family roles.
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38:533:542
HR Decision-Making: Data-Based Decisions (3)
This course addresses research design methodology and basic
statistics through regression analysis.
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38:578:543
Organizational Leadership and Change Management (3)
Theoretical and practical issues in organization change,
including the rationale for change; why change succeeds or fails; effective
leadership of change; and ethical concerns.
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38:578:544
Creating and Sustaining a Learning Organization (3)
Processes through which organizations learn or fail to
learn; designing methods of education, training, and development that encourage
organizational learning; theories of organizational and managerial cognition.
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38:578:545
Disability, Work, and Society (3)
The relationship of disability to income, work, politics,
law, popular culture, and the built environment; lessons for all disadvantaged
groups seeking social change.
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38:578:550
Labor Law (3)
The statutes and case law that create the framework for
private-sector labor management relations, with special attention to current
workplace developments and the public policy debates that continue to reshape
American labor law.
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38:578:551
Identity and Discrimination at Work and in the U.S. Labor Market (3)
Social construction of identity and the consequences for
contemporary diversity outcomes; intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, and other forms of identity.
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38:578:555
Globalization and the Future of Employment (3)
Changes in the global economy and their effects on living
standards, job opportunities, and the bargaining power of American workers and
their unions. Role of international labor organizations, transnational
corporations, and global financial institutions in global economic change.
Strategies for dealing with globalization.
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38:578:556
Organizational Design and Structure (3)
Considers diverse modes of involving employee in
decision-making and reorganizing work for flexibility, service, and better use
of advanced technology. Assess options, consequences, and the responses of
organized workers.
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38:578:557
Trends and Problems in the Nonunion Workplace (3)
An overview of the nonunion workplace encompassing both
research and practice; covers surveys of employee attitudes, key issues,
alternative vehicles of employee voice, conflict, and the use of new workplace
practices.
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38:578:558
Seminar in Workplace Democratization (3)
Diverse models of workplace democratization on the job and
at the strategic policy level, including joint governance, employee
involvement, collective bargaining, employee ownership, worker cooperatives,
and self-management.
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38:578:559
Organizing for Social Change (3)
Hands-on look at how people can take action together by
creating organizations; recruiting members; analyzing and building power;
designing campaigns; and developing winning strategies.
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38:578:560
Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation (3)
Unions, collective bargaining, and alternative forms of
worker representation in the United States. Overview of both conventional forms
of union membership, negotiations, labor law, dispute resolution, and emerging
representation and advocacy strategies.
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38:578:562
Global Employment Relations Today (3)
Comparison of employment relations systems in selected
countries; how labor movements outside the U.S. marshal political and economic
resources to represent worker's interests.
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38:578:563
New Directions in Collective Bargaining (3)
Departures from traditional patterns of collective
bargaining and labor-management relationships. Causal factors that are giving
rise to innovative practices. The current debate over the future of collective
bargaining. Models for expanding the scope of bargainable issues.
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38:578:565
Public Sector Collective Bargaining (3)
The development of public sector bargaining rights and the
role of unions in the public sector. The course will analyze state and federal
laws, dispute resolution procedures, and political initiatives, with a special
emphasis on New Jersey.
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38:578:566
Work and Social Change (3)
Changes in the workforce, how economic and social changes
are reshaping categories of employees, their organizations and movements, and
their needs and desires. Uses both class and social movement perspectives to
examine many types of employees.
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38:578:567
Shaping the Future of Work and the Employment Relationship (3)
Artificial intelligence, platforms, and other ongoing
changes affecting the nature, availability, and rewards for work. Emerging
alternatives to traditional employment. Alternative forms of representation and
public policies for ameliorating related social problems.
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38:578:569
Mediation Processes and Techniques (3)
Theory and practice of mediation in labor disputes, civil litigation and employment discrimination. Mediator qualification and ethics practices; cultural and inclusion issues. Comparison to arbitration, fact finding, conciliation, and negotiation.
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38:578:570
Interest Dispute Settlement (3)
The practice and policy implications of fact-finding,
mediation, and interest arbitration in the public sector.
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38:578:575
Employment Arbitration Today (3)
Arbitration and grievance processes in contemporary U.S.
workplaces with and without union representation. Includes an analysis of
ongoing controversial public policy & legal issues.
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38:578:581
Structure and Government of American Unions (3)
Patterns of union administration on local, intermediate, and
national levels; effect of structure on the collective bargaining process;
issues of internal democracy; and membership participation in union affairs.
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38:578:598,599
Individual Studies in Labor and Employment Relations (BA,BA)
Individually directed study by a student under the direction
of an individual faculty member.
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38:578:604
Creating and Administering Surveys (3)
Issues for online, mail, telephone, and in-person surveys
given their intended use. Samples; item construction; scaling; measurement
validity and reliability; improving response rates; ethical research.
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38:578:605
Action Research (3)
Action research involves collaboration between organization
members and outside experts in a process of improving organizational
effectiveness combining insider knowledge with theory and data-driven research.
Students will learn the basic processes of designing and implementing a social
system change intervention using participatory methods.
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38:578:610,611,613,614
Topics (3,3,3,3)
Selected timely topics in employment relations; particular
topics to be announced.
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38:578:612
Labor/Employment History (3)
The changing nature of work and its organization; history of
labor organizations and labor movements; historical situation of major groups
of nonrepresented employees; and the impact of changing government policies on
employees, employers, and labor relations.
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38:578:615-617
Issues in Labor and Employment Relations (1,1,1)
Selected, timely topics in employment relations; particular
topic to be announced.
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38:578:650-655
Selected Issues in Labor and Employment Relations (1,1,1,1,1,1)
Contemporary issues in labor and employment relations;
particular topics to be announced.
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38:578:666
Asian American Workers in a Global Context (3)
Connections between race, labor, and political belonging for
the Asian American community; overview of interdisciplinary research regarding
political representation, forms of structural exclusion, the politics of
national belonging, and worker resistance.
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38:578:690
Internship in Labor and Employment Relations (BA)
Internship in a labor or community organization addressing
employment issues; internship in a public- or private-sector management
position dealing with labor and employment issues; or other supervised work
experience related to the field.
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38:578:694
Practicum in Organization Change (BA)
Research or practice in a real work setting undergoing
restructuring or organization change, with particular attention to the
consequences for employees and the ways in which their interests can be
represented.
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38:578:695
Practicum in Adult Noncredit Education or Training (BA)
Research or practice in labor education, management
education, or joint extension programming; research or practice in workplace
training or continuous learning programs.
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38:578:701,702
Research in Labor and Employment Relations (BA,BA)
Supervised research under the direction of an individual
faculty member.
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Online Professional Master's in Labor and Employment Relations (M.L.E.R) 
