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Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2008/09


XX20086 French comparative employee relations

Credits: 6
Level: Intermediate
Semester: 1
Assessment: CW 33%, EX 67%
Requisites:
Before taking this unit you must take MN10079

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce students to comparative frameworks for analysing employment relations in Western European countries: to give students a basic understanding of employment relations in Western European countries, with particular emphasis on France and Britain. After successfully completing this course, students should be able to apply theories of employment relations to specific cases, understand and explain differences between national employment relations systems.
Content:
The course will include lectures on managing the employment relationship, trade unions, industrial conflict, the State and the law, theories of employment relations, comparative frameworks; and explaining 'societal' difference.