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WORK6018: Comparative Industrial Relations
2023 unit information
This unit provides students with insights into the debate about the effect of globalisation on employment relations by using comparative analysis to identify the range of factors that account for similarities and difference in national patterns of industrial relations. The unit focuses on providing an understanding of the nature of industrial relations patterns in developed and developing market economies and invites students to compare a range of developments across these countries.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Work and Organisational Studies
| Code | WORK6018 |
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| Academic unit | Work and Organisational Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. explain the factors which influence national and international systems of industrial relations.
- LO2. assess the various theories of international and comparative industrial relations and apply these to the countries which are examined during the unit
- LO3. communicate to others the key features and issues of industrial relations of the countries which you have studied
- LO4. collaborate positively with other members of the class in discussions
- LO5. apply an understanding of the concept of human rights in the workplace.
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