Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Workshop
Module Offerings
7006LBSMHR-JAN-MTP
Aims
This module explores the different approaches organisations and people managers undertake to manage and develop employment relations. The module investigates the historical development of collective workplace negotiations, the relationship with trade unions and staff representatives and the move towards the individualisation of the employer / employee relationship. The module will critically evaluate employment relations theories and conceptual frameworks and how these influence leadership approaches and relationship management within contemporary organisational settings.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate different approaches organisations and people managers undertake to manage and develop employment relations and employee engagement, voice, involvement, and participation.
2.
Investigate and analyse the role of leaders and organisation culture in forming the employment relationship
3.
Strategically analyse and investigate the impact and influence external and internal stakeholders have on the management of employment relations within an organisation.
4.
Critically analyse the strategic role people professionals undertake to collaborate and negotiate with people representatives such as trade unions.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Approaching Employment Relations – Unitarism, Pluralism & Radical Perspectives
Leadership and Employment Relations – The Balancing of Power & Fostering of Culture
Cooperation and Conflict Within the Employment Relationship in Different Organisational Contexts.
The Role of Trade Unions and Employee Representation – An Evolving Dynamic
The Influence of External Stakeholders and Contemporary Employment Relations
Evaluating Total & Smart Reward Strategies
Strategic and Effective Negotiations & Consultations
Globalisation and International Developments - The role of the State in Regulating Employment Relations
The Growth of Precarious Work – Economy, High and Low Skills and The Role of The Robot
Employee Engagement, Voice, Involvement & Participation – A Strategic People Approach
Unlocking Organisational Performance Through Employee Voice
Strategic and Leadership Approaches to Disciplinary and Grievance – what does it say about the organisation?
Module Overview:
This module explores the different approaches organisations and people managers undertake to manage and develop employment relations. It investigates the historical development of collective workplace negotiations, the relationship with trade unions and staff representatives and the move towards the individualisation of the employer / employee relationship. You will critically evaluate employment relations theories and conceptual frameworks and how these influence leadership approaches and relationship management within contemporary organisational settings.
This module explores the different approaches organisations and people managers undertake to manage and develop employment relations. It investigates the historical development of collective workplace negotiations, the relationship with trade unions and staff representatives and the move towards the individualisation of the employer / employee relationship. You will critically evaluate employment relations theories and conceptual frameworks and how these influence leadership approaches and relationship management within contemporary organisational settings.
Additional Information:Workshops to analyse concepts and practice, including the use of case studies and discussion of contemporary organisational approaches within an academic framework.