EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS FOR YEARS 2 & 3

The HRM and Industrial Relations teaching group offer 6 modules:

3 second year options 4 final year options

YEAR 2EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSSTEPHEN MUSTCHIN & ANNE MCBRIDE

10 credits, Semester 1 Weekly 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour seminar Learning objectives:

To understand the challenges of managing the employment relationship by: identifying and examining factors which shape the employment

relationship (e.g trade union and management practices, the role of the state, regulation, pay determination and collective bargaining, conflict, labour markets and vulnerable employment)

critically assessing policies and practices of key ‘actors’ in the employment relationship (management, trade unions and the state)

identifying and assessing trends in employment relations (e.g labour market trends, union influence, work reorganisation and management practices)

Assessment 2,500 word essay

YEAR 2GLOBALISATION & EMPLOYMENTARJAN KEIZER, DAMIAN GRIMSHAW AND STEFANIA MARINO 10 credits, Semester 2 10 x 1.5 hour lecture plus weekly seminar 25% coursework (group presentation and

individual assignment) plus 75% exam Introduces students to key employment issues

arising from the internationalisation of economy, society and labour markets

The weakened role of the nation state? Global production networks Offshoring of jobs Labour migration Regulating labour in a global world

YEAR 2SOCIAL DIVERSITY AND EMPLOYMENT INEQUALITYISABEL TAVORA & STEFANIA MARINO 10 credits, Semester 2 10 x 1.5 hour lecture plus weekly seminar Assessment: 100% 2,000 word essay Explores different forms and sources of labour

market inequality and disadvantage at work – and how to address them Gender, employment and the family: women’s choice or social

constraints limiting women’s career opportunities? Ethnicity, migration and multiple disadvantage Precarious work as a source of inequality Employment polarisation in the service economy: knowledge-based

occupations versus customer service and low skilled work High pay, social advantage and class

FINAL YEAR

COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSSTEPHEN MUSTCHIN & STEFANIA MARINO

20 credits, semester one and five weeks of semester two

Weekly two-hour lecture and a single one hour seminar.

Central objectives:• to identify and explain national differences in

industrial relations practices;• to examine the development of industrial

relations practices that originate at the level of the European Union.

Covers: Britain, Germany, Sweden, France and Hungary.

Assessment: a single essay of 4,000 words delivered in late March.

FINAL YEARHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BMAN32001ISABEL TAVORA, JILL RUBERY & GAIL HEBSON

20 credits Different facets of Human Resource Management

Best practice HRM, Best fit and resource-based view Recruitment and selection, training and development, careers,

pay and performance management International differences in HRM and the role of MNCs Employee voice HRM in service work, emotional labour, knowledge work HRM in recession and recovery Work-life balance, equal opportunities and diversity

management

Essay - end of semester 1 (50% of mark). Exam - end of semester 2 (50% of mark). 2 hour lecture each week; 1 hour seminar per two weeks

FINAL YEAR

GLOBALISATION & NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMSDAMIAN GRIMSHAW &ARJAN KEIZER

10 credit course, first semester 2-hour lecture plus 1-hour seminar 25% 750-word essay plus 75% exam Key questions:

What are the different characteristics of national models of employment?

How do finance, welfare and employment regulations shape employment

Is there ‘one best way’ or divergence of employment models? Content:

The influence of production systems and corporate governance on employment in different country contexts

Welfare regimes, family and gender Skill systems, inequality Balancing flexibility and regulation

FINAL YEAR

INTERNATIONAL HRM (IHRM), BMAN 31672

STEFANIA MARINO & MIGUEL MARTINEZ LUCIO

Semester 2, 10 credit course Examines the issues and challenges associated with the

internationalisation of organisations and the resulting HR strategies, policies and practices

Focuses on functions (recruitment, selection, development and compensation in MNCs), HQ-Subsidiary relations, managing international assignments, international management development, issues of diversity management, global corporate social responsibility.

Explains the developments in the international regulatory environment

100% examination assessment