Labor and Employee Relations Fall 2025

MGT X 452.3 -252MCH003
Open Closing on October 24, 2025 / 2 spots left
Main contact
University of California, Riverside Extension
Riverside, California, United States
Dr. Nidhi Shah
Adjunct Business Faculty
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Timeline
  • November 4, 2025
    Experience start
  • December 2, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
2 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Employee retention
Skills
negotiation business strategy collaboration research
Learner goals and capabilities

Do you have a Labor and/or Employee Relations challenge you want to tackle? In this project, students working in teams will examine the critical issues and procedures regarding an organization. They will bring an understanding of the major aspects of labor – employee relations in union and non – union environments. Students will also demonstrate how balanced advocacy will facilitate harmonious work environment with employer, employee, and union. The implementation of models like Ideal, Unite, Win-Win, and the 8 C Models, will bring trustworthy relationships, develop better understanding, executing negotiation, effective communication and collaboration techniques between union and management organizations as well as help in adapting with the currents challenges like COVID – 19 Pandemic.

Learners

Learners
Graduate
Intermediate levels
15 learners
Project
15 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables might include:

  1. A 10-15 minute presentation of key findings and recommendations.
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations.
Project timeline
  • November 4, 2025
    Experience start
  • December 2, 2025
    Experience end

Project examples

Students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.


Project activities might include but are not limited to:

  • Strategize how to foster better labor and employee relations within organization and unions.
  • Outline rights and responsibilities of unions and managements
  • Partnership, collaboration for employees, union + firm using win-win model
  • Implement negotiation process and outcomes by implementing unite model
  • Develop and rebuild labor relations strategies in the firm using ideal model
  • Use Positive discipline and motivation by incorporating the 8 C model.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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  • Q6 - Text short
    The course is asynchronous, no Zoom sessions will take place. Are you comfortable with that?  *