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Unit Specification (Collaborative/Postgraduate/Flexible Framework Use Only)
Unit Details & Outline
Unit Title
Employment Resourcing, Relations and Law
Unit Code
5T7Z0080
Unit
Abbreviation
ERRL
Level of Study
7
Credit Value
30
Home
Department
Home Faculty
Management
Unit
Co-ordinator
Key Words
Cecilia Ellis
ECTS Value
15
Business and Law
Resourcing contexts and strategies, Employment relationships, ER policies,
Processes and outcomes, Legal framework, UK and EU employment law
Unit Description
Brief Summary
Indicative
Content
Provides comprehensive coverage of the key strategic HR activities of resourcing
and managing employment relationships within a legally compliant framework.
Students apply theoretical frameworks and employment law to critically
evaluate contemporary practices.
Resourcing strategies, Flexibility, Recruitment and Selection, Retention,
Managing attendance, Perspectives on employment relationships, Parties to
employment relationships, ER policies and outcomes, Sources and institutions of
employment law, Contract of employment, dismissal, equality legislation, and
family friendly law.
Learning Outcomes
Unit Learning
Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Evaluate major approaches to resourcing and managing employment
relationships.
2. Critically assess the purpose of employment law and its sources and
institutions
3. Critically analyse contemporary developments in resourcing and managing
employment relationships within a global context.
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4. Analyse the legal rights and obligations which underpin resourcing and
employment relations policies and practices.
5. Critically evaluate the contributions of legally compliant approaches to
resourcing and employment relations practices.
Assessment
Summative
Assessment
Employability
and
Sustainability
Outcomes
Element
Type
Weighting
1
2
Report
Case study
30%
70%
Learning outcomes
assessed
1, 3, 5
2, 4, 5
Outcomes
Element of
Assessment
Apply skills of critical analysis to real world situations within 2
a defined range of contexts.
Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism.
Express ideas effectively and communicate information
appropriately and accurately using a range of media
including ICT.
Develop working relationships using teamwork and
leadership skills, recognising and respecting different
perspectives.
Manage their professional development reflecting on
progress and taking appropriate action.
Find, evaluate, synthesise and use information from a
variety of sources.
Description of
each element
of Assessment
1
Articulate an awareness of the social and community
contexts within their disciplinary field.
2
Use systems and scenario thinking.
1
Engage with stakeholder/interdisciplinary perspectives.
2
1. Case study of Resourcing and Employment Relations strategy (4000 words)
2. Report on employment Law issue (2000 words)
Mandatory
Learning &
Teaching
Requirements
Minimum Pass
Mark
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Learning Activities
Breakdown of
Student
Learning
Activity
Type of Activity
Summative Assessment
%
20
Directed Study
20
Student-centred Learning
60
Learning Resources
Books
recommended
for purchase by
students
Essential
Reading/
Resources
Lewis, D. and Sargeant, M. (2011) Essentials of Employment Law. London:
CIPD. 11th ed.
Rollinson, D. and Dundon, T. (2011) Understanding Employment Relations.
McGraw Hill.
Taylor, S. (2010) Resourcing and Talent Planning. 5th ed. London: CIPD.
Taylor, S. and Emir, A. (2012) Employment Law: An Introduction. 3rd ed.
Torrington, D., Hall, L., Taylor, S. and Atkinson, C. (2011) Human Resource
Management. 7th ed. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.
Further
Reading/
Resources
Williams, S. and Adam-Smith, D. (2010) Contemporary Employment Relations.
Oxford: OUP.
ACAS Policy Discussion Paper (2010) Riding out the storm: managing conflict in
a recession and beyond [Online].
http://www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/9/6/pdp-riding-out-the-storm-accessibleversion-July-2011.pdf
Baker, N. (2008) 'Causes and consequences of illegal contracts of employment.'
Tolley's Employment Law Newsletter, 70.
Banks, L. and Saundry, R. ‘Mediation – a panacea for the ills of workplace
dispute resolution? A comprehensive review of the literature examining
workplace mediation.’ iRowe Research Paper No. 1. Uclan. [Online]
www.uclan.ac.uk/lbs/.../i-Rowe_-_Mediation_Research_Paper.docx
Beardwell, J. and Claydon, T. (2010) Human Resource Management: A
Contemporary Approach. 6th ed. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.
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Brown, W. et al (2009) The Evolution of the Modern Workplace, Cambridge: CUP
Bryson, A. and Gomez, R. (2005) ‘Why have workers stopped joining unions?
The rise in never-membership in Britain.’ British Journal of Industrial Relations,
43:1, 67-92.
Careli, E., Gautie J., Lloyd, C., Lamanthe, A. and James, S. (2010) ‘Delivering
Flexibility: Contrasting Patterns in the French and the UK Food Processing
Industry.’ British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48:2, 284-309.
Colling, T. and Terry, M. (eds) Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice. 3rd ed.
Chichester: Wiley.
Davies, A. (2009) Perspectives on Labour Law. 2nd ed. Cambridge University
Press.
Dickens, L. (2007) ‘The Road is Long: Thirty Years of Equality Legislation in
Britain.’ British Journal of Industrial Relations, 45, 3, pp.463-494.
Dundon, T et al (2004) ‘The meanings and purpose of employee voice’ IHRMJ,
15: 6, 1149-1170.
Emir, A and Selwyn, N: Selwyn’s Law of Employment. Oxford University Press.
Seventeenth Edition. 2012.
Family Friendly Working Hours Trust (2010) ‘Flexible Working: Working for
Families, Working for Business.’ [Online]
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/family-friendly-task-force-report.pdf
Gamble, J. and Huang, Q. (2009) ‘One Store, Two Employment Systems: Core,
Periphery and Flexibility in China’s Retail Sector.’ British Journal of Industrial
Relations, 47:1, pp. 1-26.
Godard, J. (2011) ‘What Has Happened to Strikes?’ British Journal of Industrial
Relations, 49:2, pp. 282-305.
Heery, E. (2011) 'Debating employment law: responses to juridification.'
Blyton, P., Heery, E. and Turnball, P. (eds) Reassessing the Employment
Relationship. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Heyes, J. (2011) ‘Flexicurity, employment protection and the jobs crisis’ Work,
Employment and Society, 25, pp.642-657.
Huffcut, A. (2011) ‘An empirical review of the employment interview construct
literature’ International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 19:1, pp.62-81.
Renton, D. (2012) Struck Out: Why Employment Tribunals Fail Workers. Pluto
Press.
Rousseau, D. (1995) Psychological contracts in Organisations. California: Sage.
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Sisson, K. (2010) Employment Relations Matters.
[Online]
www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/research/irru/
Teague, P. and Roche, W.K. (2012) ‘Line managers and the management of
workplace conflict: evidence from Ireland.’ Human Resource Management
Journal, 22:3, pp.235-251.
William, S. and Scott, P. (2010) ‘Shooting the past. The modernisation of
Conservative Party employment relations policy under David Cameron.’
Industrial Relations Journal, 41: 4, pp.4-18.
Specialist ICTS
Resources
Additional
Requirements
Administration
JACS Code
HESA Academic
Cost Centre
Date of
Approval
Date of Most
Recent
Consideration
Unit External
Examiner
Unit
Assessment
Board
April 2014
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