ILRLR 6080

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ILRLR 6080
Special Topics in Labor Relations

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Topics change depending on semester and instructor.

When Offered Fall or spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Collaborative Decision Making and Public Policy

  • 14785 ILRLR 6080   LEC 001

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  • Pre-requisites: The course will be offered over four consecutive evenings. It will be open to both ILR and non-ILR students at the upper division and graduate level who have a sufficient background in the social sciences. Enrollment open to ILR and non-ILR juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Limited to 30 students. The proposed course will introduce students to the theory of collaborative or interest-based conflict resolution and will describe recent efforts to use these techniques to resolve important public policy issues. The course will be based substantially, but not exclusively, on the work of the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, which has been applying collaborative problem solving to issues of importance at the national policy level for several years. Three cases of collaborative decision making will be examined in detail: health care coverage and the Affordable Care Act; nutrition and wellness; and education reform. Robert Fersh, ILR B.S. ¿72, J.D. Boston University ¿75, the president of Convergence, and Richard Korn, ILR B.S. ¿71 and Ph.D. ¿79, the chairman of the board of trustees of Convergence, will serve as co-instructors in the course.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 3035

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Seminar on Precarious Workers

  • 16578 ILRLR 6080   LEC 002

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  • For the last two decades the U.S. economy has experienced a dramatic growth in precarious employment, including low wage jobs and contingent (or episodic) employment.  Examples of precarious employment include the work of day laborers, domestic workers, guest workers and low-wage immigrant workers.  Long-term and structural changes in the economy and society have driven this trend. Such changes have included the shift from a manufacturing based- to a service based-economy, implementation of labor-saving business strategies and technologies, the reduction of unionization rates and globalization-triggered immigration.  The growth of precarious employment raises broad reaching research and policy questions about the future of work globally.  This course will address these questions as well as proposed solutions.  Along with studying scholarship on these issues, students will engage in semester-long research projects related to precarious workers in conjunction with the Worker Institute at Cornell.  

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Graduate Writing Seminar

  • 18289 ILRLR 6080   LEC 003

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  • The purpose of this course is to provide students with space to prepare an academic article of publishable or fundable quality. Each student will work on a project related to her/his research, and you must begin the semester with an outline or draft of a qualifying paper, dissertation chapter, manuscript or funding proposal that you want to develop. Each week will discuss a group of readings focused on the craft of social science writing and go over assigned writing exercises. Key issues we will discuss include: refining research questions, constructing relevant literature reviews, how to leverage empirical evidence to advance your argument effectively, journal selection, responding to reviewers concerns, seeking external funding, and practical tips for writing productivity. You will also be responsible for doing a close reading of a peer¿s draft, and facilitating a workshop discussion. Everyone will get a chance to put their writing under the microscope at least once. While the course is geared towards PhD students engaged in academic research and publication, Masters-levels students are also invited to join.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Cross-Cultural Conflict Management

  • 18601 ILRLR 6080   LEC 004

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    • TR Ives Hall 108
    • Apr 16 - Apr 30, 2015

    • Chen, Y