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 Academic Year: | 2017/8 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, EX 67% |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take MN10079 |
| Description:
| Aims & Learning Objectives: a) To describe and analyse the changing features of employee relations in the UK. This introduction to the subject provides the basis for comparative work later in the course. b) To introduce students to the specific legal, institutional and cultural dimensions of industrial relations in Germany. Comparisons with the UK will serve to highlight the main characteristics of the German situation and to sensitise students to the reasons behind the complex pattern of relations existing between the "social partners" as represented by state, unions, employers and employees. Content: Employee relations: an introduction; Trade Unions; Employers and Managers; Industrial Conflict; State and the Law. |
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XX20087 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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