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Global Perspectives on Human Resource Management & Employment Relations - MAN00075M
Module summary
The module aims to enhance students’ critical engagement with and understanding of the nature and implications of international human resource management (HRM) and Employment Relations (ER).
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Spring Term 2021-22 |
| B | Summer Term 2021-22 |
Module aims
To enhance students’ critical engagement with and understanding of the nature and implications of international human resource management (HRM) and Employment Relations (ER).
To critically reflect on the development of MNCs and their employment practices, evaluating and critiquing how they respond to diverse institutional pressures.
Module learning outcomes
1)Explain and critically reflect on how international organisations manage their operations in different parts of the world
2)Critically evaluate the antecedents and consequences of HR and ER practice within international organisations
3)Explain the way in which institutions shape ER and subsequent HR responses
4)Critique the role of MNCs and how they respond to international labour standards, corporate social responsibility and global union strategies.
Module content
Approaches to International/Comparative Human Resource Management
Culture in HRM
The transfer of HR practices across borders
The development of Global Leaders
Managing Knowledge in MNCs
Trade unions, Employers and Employers’ associations and Collective Bargaining in International Perspective
Employee participation and Involvement in International Perspective (e.g. Codetermination and the impact of law on voice mechanisms
EU regulation and social policy (including ICE and EWC directives)
Regulating the Multinational Corporation (International Labour Standards, CSR and Global Union Strategies)
Assessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Global Perspectives on HRM and ER |
8 hours | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Reassessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Global Perspectives on HRM and ER |
8 hours | 100 |
Module feedback
Module assessment reports to students are written by the module leader for all assessments (open and closed) and placed on the VLE after the Board of Examiners has received the module marks.
Feedback will in line with TYMS policy.
Indicative reading
Key: Edwards, T., & Rees, C. (2017). International Human Resource Management: Globalization, National Systems and Multinational Companies. (Third ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education
Frege, C.M. and Kelly J., (2013) Comparative Employment Relations in the Global Economy, Palgrave
Supplementary Text:
Lucio, Martinez. Miguel. (Ed.) (2014). International Human Resource Management: An Employment Relations Perspective. London: Sage