Module BUSI5C315: Employee Relations and Reward

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI5C315: Employee Relations and Reward

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To develop students’ ability to master the knowledge and understanding at an advanced level of key issues relating to trends in employee relations and reward management;
• To provide students with the opportunity to critically understand the reasons and explanations behind such trends.

Content

• Employee Relations: an introduction to theory, context, perspectives and actors
• Regulations, rules and rights
• Management-workforce relations and negotiations
• Participation and involvement at work
• Rewarding employees: the role of rewards in the organisation; payment structures and strategic considerations; performance-related pay and the individualisation of rewards

Learning Outcomes

• Have an advanced knowledge and understanding of the context in which employee relations and reward occurs.

• Be able to critically analyse a number of different issues relating to the study of employee relations and reward management;
• Be able to critically review and understand debates in the area of employee relations and reward management.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Through a combination of lectures, seminars and guided reading addressing key topics in employee relations and reward management, students will acquire the advanced skills and knowledge to enable them to develop a thorough understanding of this specialist field of study.
• The assessment of the module, by written assignment, is designed to test students' knowledge and understanding of the subject-matter and their ability to apply it to the analysis of specific issues relating to the study of work and society.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Negotiating role-play exercise