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Autor/in | Fuller, Jack W. |
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Titel | Collective Communications: A Prescription for Success. |
Quelle | (1986), (14 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Collective Bargaining; College Governing Councils; Cooperative Planning; Educational Cooperation; Employer Employee Relationship; Faculty College Relationship; Higher Education; Organizational Communication; Participative Decision Making; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Unions |
Abstract | This essay discusses collective bargaining at a small college in Illinois. After a historical review of the conditions in the 1960s that gave rise to collective bargaining units in higher education, recent alternatives and adjustments to the bargaining process are presented, as typified in the recent experience of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. The college would avert direct confrontation. First, the administration and board gathered near- and long-term financial plans, identified alternatives, and set guidelines for bargaining; then they held a series of informal gatherings and seminars to create and maintain an atmosphere of optimal communication and trust, with both the faculty and the college community-at-large. This process helped the negotiating teams see the impact of prospective bargaining issues on other employees and resources of the college. By the time negotiations were due to start, there was little discernible difference between the bargaining parties. The result was a brief and amicable negotiation process that reached closure in only five weekly sessions. Consideration of the evolving political and socioeconomic climate suggests that the possibility exists for such improvements in the collective bargaining process. (TE) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |