FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Dept. of Management, MBA

MBM 457: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND LAW
Question Bank (2018-19)

UNIT 1: Trade Unions: Concepts and Legislation

1. Briefly discuss historical perspective of Indian labour disputes and emerging role of trade
unions.
2. Briefly discuss various factors affecting the individual decision to Unionize.
3. Briefly discuss provisions regarding definition of trade union and registration of trade union
as per Trade Union Act 1926.
4. What are the rights and liabilities of registered trade unions as per TU Act 1926?
5. Industrial disputes have deep wound on the industry, labour and economy. Give your
comments.
6. What is the impact on Industrial Relations with and without the presence of a Trade Union in
the industry? Discuss your viewpoint on the same.
7. “Management gets the union it deserves”. Discuss.
8. “It is good to have a trade union” Critically examine the statement.
9. Based upon recent examples of labor unrest in the country, discuss the role of trade unions in
India (in any industry of your choice).
10. Give the summary of the case of Unionism at Jet Airways. What were the critical issues
involved therein?
UNIT 2: Factories Act and Payment of Wages Act
1. What is the major objective of „The Payment of Wages Act 1936‟? Define „Wages‟ as
per „The Payment of Wages Act 1936‟.
2. Discuss the provisions regarding responsibility of payment of wages and fixation of wage
period as per „The Payment of Wages Act 1936‟.
3. Discuss provisions regarding various deductions from wages as per the act.
4. Discuss in detail the provisions regarding „Fine‟ as per „The Payment of Wages Act
1936‟
5. Discuss various provisions regarding penalties for offences under „The Payment of
Wages Act 1936‟.
6. What are the basic objectives of The Factories Act 1948 and what is its scope?
7. Define following as per The Factories Act 1948:
a. Factory
b. Manufacturing Process
c. Worker
 8. How the provisions of health, safety and welfare amenities are enforced as per Factories
Act 1948?
9. Discuss the role of occupier as per the provisions of the Factories Act 1948?
10. Who is the inspector of the factory? What are the powers of inspector of the factory?
UNIT 3: Fundamentals of Training and Development
1. How human resource management has evolved over a last few years? Give suitable
examples.
2. How artificial intelligence is affecting Human Resource Management? Is training
function affected by it?
3. How do you differentiate between Education, Training and Development?
4. Discuss briefly traditional, experiential and performance based approaches to training and
development.
5. Discuss briefly components of competency based HR system and its advantages.
6. Discuss with suitable examples synergistic relationships in an integrated competency
based human resource system.
7. What is strategic role of HRD and how Training and development function stems from it?
Justify your answer with suitable examples.
8. What are the assumptions of prevailing and alternative concept of training? Explain
briefly.
9. Discuss briefly the status/structure of training and development function in any
organization you are familiar with.
10. Read the following short story- On a flight, the managing director of an international
broking firm was sitting next to a journalist. With two hours of uninterrupted time at
hands, journalist asked him how he handled losses in his business. "Recently, one of my
employees made a calculation mistake and we lost $250,000 at the click of a button," he
said. "So, did you fire the guy?" journalist asked him. "Of course not!" he said, "I paid
$250,000 for his training. Why would I fire him?"- Discuss in short the key learnings
from the above story
UNIT 4: Training Need Identification
1. Discuss briefly theoretical inputs to training need identification.
2. What are the common methods of training need identification?
3. What are the 4 components of the Training Process Framework?
4. What are the administrative processes of training function? Explain briefly.
5. Discuss content and delivery processes of training function briefly.
6. How skill gap analysis is connected with organization‟s business plans? Give examples in
support of your answer.
7. Prepare a flow chart how training needs are identified starting from the process of role
clarity to Job Description to skill gap analysis and training need identification?
8. What is an Individual Development Plan (IDP). Discuss by giving a format of the same.
9. How IDP is connected with Individual‟s business objectives? Illustrate.
10. Discuss briefly a standard training process flow in any organization.
UNIT 5: Designing Training Modules, Execution and Evaluation
1. Why top management‟s conviction is needed for training? Discuss.
2. What are the kinds of training infrastructure relevant today?
3. How technology plays an important role in training employees?
4. Mind sets and psychological aspects play an important role in training and development
function. Discuss.
5. What is the process of developing a training calendar? Give example to support your
answer.
6. Does training methodology differ with hierarchical level? Site examples to justify your
answer.
7. Why top management interventions are associated with development? Discuss a few
examples of training programs for top management.
8. When is it appropriate to use experiential learning approach? What are the concerned
challenges?
9. Discuss briefly the role of following in evaluation of a training program:
a. Senior management
b. The trainer
c. The training manager
d. The trainee
10. Give your comments on the scenario of training and development in IT/software
development/BPO sector.

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. SRIVASTAVA S: LABOUR LAWS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

2. MONAKKA A: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
3. SHARMA AM: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS - CONCEPTUAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
4. VERMA PRAMOD: MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
5. THE 2001 ASTD TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE YEARBOOK, BY JOHN A.
WOODSAND AND JAMES W. CORTADA. MCGRAW-HILL PRIORITY PROCESSING.
6. COACHING CLUES: REAL STORIES, POWERFUL SOLUTIONS, PRACTICAL TOOLS, BY
MARIAN J. THEIR, NICHOLAS BREALEY PUBLISHING (LONDON).
7. CREATING, IMPLEMENTING, & MANAGING EFFECTIVE TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT: STATE-OF-THE-ART LESSONS FOR PRACTICE, BY KURT KRAIGER.
JOSSEY-BASS INC., PUBLISHERS.