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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: EURM003 Module Title: EUROPEAN HRM AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Module Provider: Politics Short Name: LIC505
Level: M Module Co-ordinator: BROOKS RM Dr (Politics)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment

 
Weighting Towards Module Mark

 

( %)

 

Essay (2500 words)

 

50%

 

Exam (3 hours)

 

50%

 

 

 

Qualifying Condition(s) 

 

A weighted aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the module.

 
Module Overview

The module aims to examine the principal European business and human resource management issues and explanatory theory within a comparative context.

 
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
None
Module Aims

The main aims of this module are:

 

  • to develop an understanding amongst students of business and HRM strategies in the framework of an integrating Europe and to understand both convergence and continuing variation in business structures and strategies among key EU countries.

     

  • to introduce students to the comparative method in the study of business management, including HRM, and to demonstrate how this approach can be used to analyse the interplay of forces which shape business strategy in different national economies;

     

  • to provide students with an appreciation of the key issues facing European business within an integrating national economy;

     

  • to provide students with an appreciation of the peculiar industrial relations and human resource management problems and issues faced by multinational organisations and their employees;

     

to develop a particular understanding of the enlarging EU framework for social and industrial relations policies
Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

 

 

 

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC

 

  • to develop an understanding amongst students of business and HRM strategies in the framework of an integrating Europe and to understand both convergence and continuing variation in business structures and strategies among key EU countries.

     

  • to introduce students to the comparative method in the study of business management, including HRM, and to demonstrate how this approach can be used to analyse the interplay of forces which shape business strategy in different national economies;

     

  • to develop a particular understanding of the enlarging EU framework for social and industrial relations policies;

     

GENERAL

 

  • to provide students with an appreciation of the key issues facing European business within an integrating national economy;

     

to provide students with an appreciation of the peculiar industrial relations and human resource management problems and issues faced by multinational organisations and their employees.
Module Content
  • The structure of European business and 'varieties of capitalism'

     

  • Management culture in Europe and the wider world: structures, order and managing diversity

     

  • Multinational enterprises: theory, characteristics and evolution –'Europeanisation' or 'globalisation'?

     

  • Industrial policy of the EU: including a case study of semiconductors/aerospace

     

  • EU liberalisation of network industries: airlines/ telecommunications

     

  • EU financial market liberalisation: directives and the banking, insurance and stock exchange industries

     

  • EU competition policy

     

  • HRM and industrial relations in ,

     

The European Social Chapter and the impact of EMU on employee representation and wage bargaining practice.
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures/Seminars
Last Updated

5th May 2011