Module Code: 5CER
Long Title Contemporary Developments in Employee Relations
Title Contemporary Developments in Employee Relations
Module Level: LEVEL 7
EQF Level: 6
EHEA Level: First Cycle
Credits: 2.5
Module Coordinator: EDITH RACHEL DOHERTY
Module Author: EDITH RACHEL DOHERTY
Departments: School of Business
Specifications of the qualifications and experience required of staff  
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Understand competing approaches that contextualise contemporary developments in employment relations.
LO2 Understand contemporary labour market trends and data.
LO3 Understand the main sources of employment relations legislation
LO4 Understand the role of the parties that affect the management of employment relations
LO5 Understand contemporary developments in employee involvement and participation
LO6 Understand different forms of conflict behaviour and dispute resolution
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is required before enrolment on this module. While the prior learning is expressed as named NCI module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
17618 5CER Contemporary Developments in Employee Relations
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Entry requirements  
 

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
Understand competing approaches that contextualise developments in employment relations.
The indeterminacy of employment relations systems; unitarism; pluralism; the nature of work in contemporary society; balance of power; economic and psychological contracts; wider environmental constraints.
Understand contemporary labour market trends and data
What is the labour market?; employee and employer labour market interests; the European Union; institutions of labour market regulation; indigenous and multinational organisations; changing patterns of workforce diversity; part-time, casual and atypical forms of employment; the contested nature of labour market flexibility.
Understand the main sources of employment relations legislation.
Contract of employment; written particulars of terms and conditions; sources of law-making, including UK and EU institutions; developments in individual and collective employment rights, including trade union recognition.
Understand the role of the parties that affect the management of employment relations.
Management and management style; trade union purpose and function; union growth and decline; the role of government and government agencies, including Acas, CAC, EHRC; European and non-European employment relations systems; influences of the European Union on national employment relations practices.
Understand contemporary developments in employee involvement and participation.
Competing concepts of employee involvement, participation and partnership; regulations for employee information and consultation; union and non-union employee representation; employee voice and organisational insight; measuring and valuing organisation equity to drive sustainable organisational performance.
Understand different forms of conflict behaviour and dispute resolution.
Forms of employee conflict and misbehaviour; contemporary developments in industrial action; individual grievance-handling; collective dispute resolution; third-party conciliation, mediation and arbitration; managing potential conflict situations to achieve consensus legally and ethically.
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

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Module Workload

Module Target Workload Hours 0 Hours
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture No Description 4 Every Week 4.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
 

Module Resources

Recommended Book Resources
  • Pauline Dibben, Geoffrey Wood, Gilton Klerck. (2011), Employment Relations, 01. Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, [ISBN: 9781843982685].
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