Industrial and Labor Relations - SUNY College at Old Westbury

Industrial and Labor Relations from SUNY College at Old Westbury is a Campus Bachelor Labor Studies degree that prepares you for a Business career. This is a multidisciplinary major, administered by the Politics, Economics, and Law Department. Through the vantage point of worker/employer relations , it explores the history, contributions, and problems of working people and their institutions in contemporary society, as well as the theory and practice of various management methods and models, from scientific management to modern human resource management. Foundation courses introduce students to the analytical tools of political science and economics that are useful in the specialized study of labor-management issues. Core courses emphasize current labor-management and labor-government issues, including collective bargaining, grievance procedures, arbitration, labor and employment law, public policy, and labor economics. Electives allow students the opportunity to further explore labor-management issues from the perspectives of management, unions, history, economics, sociology, politics, law, and public health. The curriculum recognizes that globalization of labor markets and production is rapidly changing the labor-management environment. Multinational corporations, with their enormous size and ability to relocate production and other facilities, have upset the post-World War II balance of power with unions. Thus, courses emphasize the dynamic nature of current labor-management relations. View more details on SUNY College at Old Westbury . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Labor Studies courses.