C10LT2 - Changing Trends in Employment

Pre-requisites

Human Resource Management C18HM2

To enable students to understand how changes in the economy affect the experience of employees within the workplace
To introduce students to both psychological and sociological understandings of how the world of work is changing
To understand what the contemporary workplace looks like, with a focus on the work and the workers
To explore the theory and research in work-related issues including technological and work force changes; job types; career development; and the changing employee/employer relationship.
To enable students to analyse changing trends from a number of levels of analysis- the individual, groups, organisational and societal - in an attempt to increase understanding of the complex processes at work.
To help students understand how these issues affect workers from the factory to the office, from manual to professional employees and from the public to the private sector

Section 1: The dynamic context of the workplace – industry and ownership, changes in technology, changes in workforce composition
Section 2: The nature of work and representation – work organisation, knowledge intensive work, the employment relationship/psychological contract, non-standard employment
Section 3: The individual at work – identification, careers, the new professions
Section 4: Issues surrounding workplace composition – gender, age, work-life balance, emotional labour.

understand how the workplace is changing
evaluate differing approaches and understandings of the changing nature of work
assess difficulties associated with the change in work and how organisations and employees are affected by and deal with change
understand the key issues facing managers at the beginning of a new century
demonstrate a higher level understanding of developments in organisational theory

analyse industry reports in a critical and considered manner
work effectively individually (essay writing) and in groups (poster presentation)
work as part of a project team and communicate effectively within team and to the rest of the class
present ideas in a well structured manner

Method

Duration of Exam
(if applicable)

Weighting (%)

Exam

3 hours

50%

Essay

40%

Poster Presentation

10%