Module V: Employee and Labor Relations

Module Overview:

Module at a Glance

Module Concepts

Discussion Area

Course Project

Module Concepts

Discussion Area

Module Concepts

Course Project

Online Resources

Course Closure

Course Information

Module I: Introduction to Personnel Management and Organization Development

Module II: Motivation and Productivity

Module III: Recruitment, Selection, Promotion and Human Resource Development

Module IV: Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Corrective Action and Discipline

Module V: Employee and Labor Relations
Module at a Glance

Module V: Employee and Labor Relations
Module Objectives:
  1. Analyze agency strengths and weaknesses regarding compensation and health and safety programs and how they relate to motivation, morale, and productivity
  2. Research the trends and issues in contemporary society that impact the labor-management climate
    Analyze the components of a collective bargaining agreement and determine what issues are negotiable and non-negotiable
  3. Compare and contrast position versus interest-based bargaining techniques in arriving at a collective bargaining agreement
  4. Analyze the impact of mediation and binding arbitration on the collective bargaining process

Module Readings Learning Activities

 

  • Chapters 10 & 11 of Edwards, Steven . Fire Service Personnel Management. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2005

  • NFPA Standard 1500: Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program

  • NFPA Standard 1521: Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer

  • NFPA Standard 1561: Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System

  • NFPA 1581 - Standard on Fire Department Infection Control Program

  • All Online Reading Assignments

 

  1. Read all the documents in this module.
  2. Participate in the discussion.
  3. Complete both written assignments.


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