Tashlin Lakhani

Background

Tashlin Lakhani is an Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources at the Max M. Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She also holds a Master of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, a Master of Industrial Relations from Queen''s University, and an Honors Bachelor of Business Administration with High Distinction from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Dr. Lakhani’s research explores the relationship between different forms of economic organization and work organization. Her current work focuses on franchise businesses and examines how differences in ownership structures shape human resource systems and outcomes in the hotel and restaurant industries. She has also published research on human resource management in global networks, and on labormanagement relations.

Dr. Lakhani has received several awards and grants for her research, including a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, a Society for Human Resource Management Dissertation Grant, the Seidman Prize at Cornell University, and the Susan C. Eaton Grant from the Labor and Employment Relations Association.

Dr. Lakhani teaches courses on labor relations and collective bargaining, international human resource management, and franchising.

Areas of Expertise

Economic Organization Franchising Strategic Human Resource Management Service Sector International Human Resource Management Labor Relations

Education

PhD, Cornell University MS, Cornell University MIR, Queens University Honors BBA, Wilfrid Laurier University

Courses

BUSMHR 3543 Franchising

Planning, building, and leading franchise organizations and franchising as a growth strategy. Prereq: BusMHR 2500 (290).

BUSMHR 4321 International Labor and Human Resource Management

Examination of the human resource challenges that emerge in multinational organizations, and emphasis on issues to be considered when preparing oneself and others for international assignments. Prereq: 2291 or 2292 (BusAdm 499.01), and 3000 (BusAdm 555), 3200 (701), AcctMIS 2200 (211), AcctMIS 2300 (212), BusMgt 2320 (330) and BusMgt 2321 (331). Not open to students with credit for 763 or 765.

BUSMHR 4325 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

Examination of basic aspects of labor relations and collective bargaining including labor history, labor law, union structure and governance, labormanagement bargaining, and contract administration. Prereq: 2291 or 2292 (BusAdm 499.01); and 3200 (701), AcctMIS 2200 (211), 2300 (212), and BusMgt 2320 (330), 2321 (331). Not open to students with credit for 761.