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MPLOYMENT YEARS

2 & 3 & HRM

OPTIONS FOR

The HRM , Industrial Relations & Law teaching group offer 6 employment & HRM modules:  2 second year options  4 final year options It also offers 4 Law Modules – see immediately following presentation!

YEAR 2 GLOBALISATION & EMPLOYMENT

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RJAN

K

EIZER

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AMIAN

G

RIMSHAW     Second year course, semester 2 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

Content:

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The weakened role of the nation state?

Global production networks Offshoring of jobs Labour migration Regulating labour in a global world

YEAR 2 E MPLOYMENT

A NNE M C B RIDE

R ELATIONS

& S TEPHEN M USTCHIN     Year 2, 20 credit course - Semester 1 and 6 weeks of semester 2 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   critically assessing policies and practices of key ‘actors’ in the employment relationship identifying and assessing trends in employment relations Assessment   January exam (50%) 2000 word essay (50%)

FINAL YEAR

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NTERNATIONAL

HRM (IHRM), BMAN 31672

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ARTINEZLUCIO @ MBS .

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UK Semester 2, 10 credit course; 2.5 hour examination

    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

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INAL YEAR

GLOBALISATION & NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS

D AMIAN G RIMSHAW &A RJAN K EIZER

     10 credit course, first semester, final year 2-hour lecture plus 1-hour seminar 25% 750-word essay plus 75% exam Key questions:    Compares and contrasts characteristics of national models of employment Analyses the role of regulations and other institutions in shaping employment ‘one best way’ or divergence of employment models?

Content:

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

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

F INAL YEAR COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS P ROF . J EREMY W ADDINGTON   • • 

3 rd year course run over semester one and five weeks of semester two with a 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.

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

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INAL YEAR

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UMAN I SABEL

R

ESOURCE T AVORA & J ILL

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ANAGEMENT R UBERY

BMAN32001

  20 credits Different facets of Human Resource Management   Best practice and high commitment HRM Best fit and resource-based view    Employee voice HRM in service work, knowledge work Work-life balance, equal opportunities and diversity management    Essay - end of semester 1 (50% of mark).

Exam - end of semester 2 (50% of mark).

1.5 hour lecture each week; 1 hour seminar per two weeks