Work, Employment, and Industrial Relations Theory

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
1-2	Historical evolution, contemporary issues and debates, and alternative approaches to the study of work and employment relations Prof. Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan, and IWER (Institute for Work and Employment Research) faculty	Session 1 (PDF) Session 2 (PDF)
3	The bases of pluralist/institutional industrial relations theory Prof. Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan	Attributes of a good theory (PDF)
4	Marxist perspectives of industrial relations Prof. Michael Piore, MIT Economics
5	Economics perspectives: institutional and internal labor market theory Prof. Paul Osterman, MIT Sloan	The role and study of institutions (PDF)
6	Sociological foundations of human resource management Prof. Emilio Castilla, MIT Sloan
7	Psychological foundations of human resource management Prof. Joseph Martocchio, Prof. Aparna Joshi, and Prof. John Dencker, all University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor and Employment Relations	From personnel to human resource management (PDF)
8	Strategic human resource management and high performance work systems Prof. Diane Burton, MIT Sloan, and multi-university faculty roundtable
9	Political science perspectives: global supply chains Prof. Richard Locke, MIT Sloan and Political Science
10	Negotiations theory and research Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, MIT Engineering Systems Division, and Prof. Robert McKersie, MIT Sloan	Negotiations puzzles (PDF)
11	Global occupational studies: call center research Prof. Rosemary Batt, Cornell Industrial and Labor Relations
12	Industry studies Students are encouraged to come to Cambridge and participate in the Sloan Industry Studies Annual Meeting. We will hold a class at MIT on Friday afternoon following the Sloan Meeting and continue through dinner Friday evening.
13	Wrap-up Prof. Diane Burton, Prof. Emilio Castilla, and Prof. Thomas Kochan, all MIT Sloan