EMPLOYMENT & HRM OPTIONS FOR
YEARS 2 & 3
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
ARJAN KEIZER & DAMIAN GRIMSHAW
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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
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
ANNE MCBRIDE & STEPHEN MUSTCHIN
Year 2, 20 credit course - Semester 1 and 6 weeks of
semester 2
 Weekly 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour seminar
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Learning objectives:
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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%)
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FINAL YEAR
INTERNATIONAL HRM (IHRM), BMAN 31672
MIGUEL.MARTINEZLUCIO@MBS.AC.UK
Semester 2, 10 credit course; 2.5 hour examination
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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
FINAL YEAR
GLOBALISATION & NATIONAL
EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS
DAMIAN GRIMSHAW &ARJAN KEIZER
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10 credit course, first semester, final year
2-hour lecture plus 1-hour seminar
25% 750-word essay plus 75% exam
Key questions:
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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:
The influence of production systems and corporate
governance on employment in different country contexts
 Welfare regimes, family and gender
 Skill systems
 Balancing flexibility and regulation
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FINAL YEAR
COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
PROF. JEREMY WADDINGTON
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3rd 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:
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to identify and explain national differences in
industrial relations practices;
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to examine the development of industrial relations
practices that originate at the level of the European
Union.
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Covers: Britain, Germany, Sweden, France and Hungary.
Assessment: a single essay of 4,000 words delivered in late
March.
FINAL YEAR
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BMAN32001
ISABEL TAVORA & JILL RUBERY
20 credits
 Different facets of Human Resource Management
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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
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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
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