Undergraduate Course: Employment Relations: Current Issues and Controversies (BUST10022)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.webct.ed.ac.uk/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aim of the course is to build upon students' existing knowledge of the subject. The course will begin by considering the different theoretical approaches to understanding employment relations. It will then consider some contemporary issues in depth, for example, ageism, employment policy and the labour market, flexible working, workplace health and safety. The overarching theme of the course will be the interplay between the "collectivisation" and "individualisation" of employment relations in the UK and its reflection in a number of policy initiatives. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students should be able to:
(a) demonstrate a deep awareness and understanding of the key issues and controversies associated with employment relations in the UK, including the problematic relations between the workplace and wider society;
(b) discuss critically the role of current UK State policy initiatives in seeking to influence employment relations, as well as certain past forces which have influenced that policy;
(c) critically assess the objectives, rationales, uses and limitations of managerial policies in their influence upon employment relations;
(d) discuss critically the role of the unions in contemporary enterprises, and society more generally, having regard for some past forces;
(e) discuss critically the significance of non-union workplaces for the State, employers, employees and the unions;
(f) assess the relative significance of 'European' vis ` vis 'American' influences on the State's policies, the development of the law, the nature of management-union relationships, and the situation of employees;
(g) speculate upon longer term economic and social consequences of current trends, and the policy options implied.
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Assessment Information
| By a Final degree exam in the summer term (70%) and by continuous assessment essay(30%). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Phil White
Tel: (0131 6)50 3809
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Course secretary | Mr Paul Kydd
Tel: (0131 6)50 3824
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