GED-760 Bargaining and Negotiating
This course will familiarize leaders with the basic tenets of bargaining and the applicable laws that govern the process. Special emphasis will be placed on appropriate statute and code that guides this process. An overview of the historic development of public bargaining along with the legal casework will be presented. Organizational leaders will become familiar with unit bargaining, contract development and enforcement, arbitration rules, fact finding, mediation, comparability, and other devices. Emphasis will be placed on the social/legislative framework that guides this process. Alternative strategies such as privatization will also be explored. Distinctions between monetary wages benefits and other benefits will be examined. Leaders will become familiar with the steps involved in developing a strategy to maximize diminished resources while also addressing overall organizational improvement and achievement objectives.