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).
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2024-25 |
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.
By the end of this module students will be able to:
Explain and critically reflect on how international organisations manage their operations in different parts of the world
Critically evaluate the antecedents and consequences of HR and ER practice within international organisations
Explain the way in which institutions shape ER and subsequent HR responses
Critique the role of MNCs and how they respond to international labour standards, corporate social responsibility and global union strategies.
Approaches to International/Comparative Human Resource Management
Cultures and Cultural Synergy
The transfer of HR practices across borders
Global Talent Management
Managing Knowledge in MNCs
Globalising HRM
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
The role of the State, Management, Employers and their Associations
EU regulation and social policy (including ICE and EWC directives)
Regulating the Multinational Corporation (International Labour Standards, CSR and Global Union Strategies)
Task | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
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Task | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
Feedback will be given in accordance with the University Policy on feedback in the Guide to Assessment as well as in line with the School policy.
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
Brewster, C.,Houldsworth, E.,Sparrow, P. and Vernon, G.,(2016). International Human Resource Management. (Fourth Edition). London: CIPD