Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: Cases , Practice, and Law, Seventh Edition [Hardcover]

Michael R. Carrell (Author), Christina Heavrin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 4, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0131400525 | ISBN-13: 978-0131400528 | Edition: 7

For undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in Labor Relations, Collective Bargaining, or Public Sector Labor Relations. The seventh edition continues to provide students with a realistic picture of actual collective bargaining and labor relations situations drawn from the authors' considerable experiences. Sections of actual labor agreements as well as arbitration cases and decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the courts illustrate and emphasize contemporary issues of collective bargaining and labor relations. Experts in the fields of labor law and arbitration have contributed "tips" on how the concepts learned can actually be applied.

Editorial Reviews

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Here is a distinctively up-to-date introduction to labor relations and collective bargaining--containing separate chapters on benefits, wage issues, discrimination laws, and international labor relations. The text includes new discussion of diversity in the workplace, total quality management, and robotics, work teams, and collective bargaining in sports. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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As the workplace changes, so do the processes of collective bargaining and labor relations. Authors Michael R. Carrell and Christina Heavrin examine the changes, issues, and complications characteristic of this environment as well as effective methods for negotiating. The text discusses key terms, practices, laws, sections of actual labor agreements and arbitration cases, and decisions of the National Labor Relations Board and courts that illustrate and emphasize important contemporary issues. Coverage of both public sector relations and international collective bargaining issues has been integrated and expanded throughout.

New features and significantly revised sections in the new edition of this highly acclaimed text include the following:

• Arbitration case studies that allow students to play the role of arbitrator
• "Develop Your Own Negotiating Skills" exercises
• Union organizing and avoidance strategies
• Interest-based bargaining
• Employee misconduct
• "TIPS" and "FORE"—what managers can and cannot say in organizational campaigns
• 24 new cases and case studies
• Collective bargaining in professional sports
• Simulation to accompany the text
• Photographs of significant labor leaders and events

The following learning tools are used throughout the text to help students get at the core of most actual negotiations:

• Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
• Arbitration Cases
• International Labor Issues
• Labor News
• Chapter Case Studies
• Tips from Experts
• Labor Profiles
• Texts of Major Labor Legislation
• Key Terms and Concepts
• Review Questions
• Experiential Exercises

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (June 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131400525
• ISBN-13: 978-0131400528
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #992,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Michael R. Carrell has enjoyed academic and professional careers as personnel director, labor negotiator, mediator, author, city alderman and college professor. Currently he serves as the Founding Director of the Northern Kentucky University Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Center. In 2010 he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as an author, negotiator, teacher and mediator in the field of human resourcement and labor relations. Prior his current appointment he served as dean of the NKU College of Business. Dr. Carrell was elected to the Louisville Board of Alderman (city council) for five terms and served as Mayor Pro-tem for three terms. Dr. Carrell has also received awards for teaching and research during his career. He has authored over twenty books and over fifty scholarly articles during his career and has lived and worked in Spain, Russia, California, Nebraska, and Kentucky.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Carrell and Heavrin Update The Field, September 19, 2000

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Dr. Ross Prizzia (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: Cases , Practices, and Law (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

Michael R. Carrell and Christina Heavrin's 6th edition of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining; Cases, Practice , and Law is an excellent contemporary and very readable book. Included are supplementary materials and even important Web sites of the companies and labor organizations featured in the text. Relevant and up-to-date case studies and exercises follow each chapter, enhancing opportunies for group work and practical application. Chapters 10, 11 and 12, which cover implementing the collective bargaining agreement, grievance procedures, and arbitration process are particularly comprehensive and well presented. Included in these chapters are excellent examples of items in a negotiated contract, forms used in the grievance process, and recent arbitration decisions. Each chapter also ends with a list of important terms and concepts and review questions. This book has wide application and use for either an introductory course at the lower division or upper division courses at the Colledge or University level.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise & complete, April 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: Cases , Practices, and Law (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

The authors provide a complete & concise discussion of the process of collective bargaining within a general labor relations context. Many, current cases, tips from experts, and historical references help present the concepts. A solid text for the novice negotiator or interested student.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fairly good - Not excellent, November 18, 2004

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S. Greene "Typical reader" (Linden, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining: Cases , Practice, and Law, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

I just took a college level class in which we used this book as the textbook. There is a lot of good information inside which provides a good introduction to the novice on how the process of collective bargaining works. It begins with the history of how it started and continues through the specific issues that collective bargaining entails. There is even a copy of the National Labor Relations Act in the back of the book.

There are some rough spots that should be worked out in the next edition however. Sometimes I found myself lost in the verbage that the author chose to use and had no idea what the point had been. The case studies at the ends of the chapters have no solutions, they ask questions of you and then leave you - a novice - to flounder with no professional direction in the event - which is frequent - that you can't figure out the answer. And, there are some typo's in key locations which end up disproving, instead of proving, the point that the author was attempting to make (very confusing.)

This text is best used in conjunction with lectures by a good professor if you want to get the most out of it.