Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) Industrial Relations Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the TY BMS syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27, examined under form 2225161. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — forms 2M00155 and 2M00156, whose documents are below — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Industrial Relations
Module I: Industrial Relations- An overview
- Meaning, Objectives, Characteristics of a good Industrial Relations System/Principles of a good IR/Essentials of good IR, Scope, Significance/Need and Importance of IR, Major Stakeholders of IR, Evolution of IR in India, Factors affecting IR, Role of State, Employers and Unions in IR, Changing Dimensions of IR in India, Impact of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation on Industrial
- Issues and Challenges of industrial relations in India
Module II: Industrial Disputes
- Industrial Disputes:
- Meaning of Industrial Dispute, Causes, Forms/Types, Consequences/Effects, Methods of Settling Industrial Disputes (Arbitration, Joint Consultations, Works Committee, Conciliation, Adjudication etc)
- Concepts Related to Industrial Disputes (Relevant Examples): Strike, Layoff, Lockout, Retrenchment
- Employee Discipline:
- Meaning, Determinants, Causes of Indiscipline, Code of Discipline and its Enforcement.
- Grievance Handling:
- Meaning of Grievances, Causes of Grievances, Guidelines for Grievance Handling, Grievance Redressal Procedure in India.
- Workers' Participation in Management:
- Meaning and Types with Respect to India
Reference Books
- 1 Davar R S: Personnel Management and Industrial Relations in India
- 2 Charles Myeres: Industrial Relations in India
- 3 Sharma A M : Industrial Relations
- 4 Ahuja K K : Industrial Relations Theory and Practice
- 5 C.S. Vekata Ratnam : Globalisation and Labour-Management Relations
- 6 Srivastava K D: Laws relating to Trade Unions and Unfair Labour Practice
- 7 Ratna Sen, Industrial Relations in India, Shifting Paradigms, Macmillan India Ltd., New Delhi, 2009.
- 8 C.S.Venkata Ratnam, Globalisation and Labour Management Relations, Response Books, 2010.
- 9 Srivastava, Industrial Relations and Labour Laws, Vikas, 6 th edition, 2012. P.R.N Sinha, Indu Bala Sinha, Seema Priyardarshini Shekhar. Industrial Relations,
- 10 Industrial Relations – C. B. Mamoria & S. V. Gankar, Himalaya Publishing House
- 11 Dynamics of Industrial Relations – Arun Monappa, McGraw-Hill
- 12 Industrial Relations and Labour Laws – P. Subba Rao, Himalaya Publishing House
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for Bachelor of Management Studies (B.M.S.) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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