SOCI 406/426 Industrial Sociology II

Theories of industrial relations: the systems theory, Marxist model, social action model, human relations model, etc; Forces influencing patterns of industrial relations; Sources of conflicts and conflict management; Trade Unions: their aims and objectives, growth and development; Structure of Unions; Government and unions; Trade unions in the developing world especially Africa; Differences in social characteristics, growth and roles of trade unions in the developing world and the developed world; Trade unions in Ghana: an analysis of the various industrial relations Acts e.g. Acts 1958, 1965, 1971 etc.; The urban African industrial worker: a discussion of the earlier image and the later image of the urban African industrial worker; Trade Unions in a globalizing World: problems and challenges.