Postgraduate Course: Multinational Enterprises & Comparative Employment Relations (CMSE11286)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | This course aims to provide students with an integrated overview of the key conflict in employment relations - that is, how the world of employment relations is becoming increasingly internationalised, while differences in the employment systems of different countries continue to persist. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Other Study Hours 125,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Preparation - 75hours, Research - 30hours, Writing up - 10 hours, Exam revision - 10hours
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework - 30%
Written Exam - 70% |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Multinational Enterprises & Comparative Employment Relations (CMSE11286) | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course unit students will be able to:
* identify and debate the employment and HR effects of globalization and subsequent changes in the international business environment;
* critically explore research questions around the changing nature of the multinational enterprise and the challenges faced by social partners within and outside these global organizations;
* demonstrate skills of comparative analysis of national employment/industrial relations systems. - Intellectual skills
On completion of the course, students should:
* be able to discern and comment critically upon the chief institutional and cultural premises driving managerial approaches to HR/employment relations in multinational firms;
* demonstrate ability to understand and synthesise a wide range of complex issues in the field of international HRM and comparative employment relations;
* display in written work developing abilities to digest, synthesise and critically evaluate contrasting perspectives from the literature in reaching sustainable/practical conclusions. - Professional/subject-specific/practical skills
On completion of the course students should:
* have secured an understanding of comparative employment relations¿ processes that impact MNCs¿ performance, including the design and implementation of policies and practices in a range of employment areas such as collective bargaining and pay negotiations, international HRD, and employee voice;
* be critically aware of the international transfer of HR policies and practices both effecting and affected by multinationals - considering both external/structural variables as well as internal/micro-political factors;
* have the ability to locate appropriate academic and practitioner resources on comparative and international employment relations issues;
* have improved their analytical, writing and presentation skills according to accepted disciplinary conventions. - Transferable skills
On completion of the course students should be able to:
* competently communicate and exchange ideas in both large and small group settings;
* gather, analyse and use information in order to present a balanced argument.
* plan, organise and prioritise work effectively
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sara Chaudhry
Tel: (0131 6)51 5672
Email: Sara.Chaudhry@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk |
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