FSS:VPLn4470 Employment relations - Course Information

VPLn4470 Employment relations

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Iveta Zelenková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 18:00–19:40 P21a

Prerequisites

No prerequisites.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Personnel management and organisational development (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ) (2)
• Labour Market and Employment (specializace) (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ) (2)
• Public and Social Policy (programme FSS, N-VSPLZ) (2)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Personnel Management and Organizational Development)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Social Policy)
• Public Policy and Human Resources (programme FSS, N-SP, specialization Labour market, employment policy and human resources development)

Course objectives

Students will get information an knowledge on the theory and practice of the employment relations and its actors. They will be orientated in employment relation institutions, labor market and labor code. Students will be able to manage the process of collective bargaining. They will be able to assess the nature of employment relations on lokal, national, and global level.

Learning outcomes

- Students gain expertise in solving practical problems in HR management that shape in the interactions of employers and employees. - They are able to solve problems in different social contexts. - They prove the ability by writing a seminar paper, which has a research character.

Syllabus

• Part A History and theory of employment relations 1. History of employment relations 2. Conflict and cooperation in organization 3. Pluralist theory of employment relations Part B Strategy of employment relations actors 4. Strategy and HR Management 5. Advanced strategic HRM and employment relations 6. Amployment relations actors in social context Part C Labour market and employment relations 7. LME/CME production systems and employment relations 8. Labour market segmentation in employment relations perspective 9. Tripartity and other institutions of employment relations Part D International level of employment relations 10. Labour legislation in EU 11. International employment relations and its institutions 12. Tuture of employment relations

Literature

required literature
• The SAGE handbook of industrial relations. Edited by Paul Blyton - Nicolas Bacon - Jack Fiorito - Edmund Heery. First published. Los Angeles: Sage, 2008, xvii, 670. ISBN 9781412911542. URL info

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars, seminar tasks, seminar paper.

Assessment methods

Written test Seminar paper

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/fss/podzim2022/VPLn4470?lang=cs

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