COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 5039 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TIJEN ERDUT

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

This course aims to give students an appreciation of the institutions, rules and methods of industrial relations and human resource management in the view of protection of labour.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the concepts of industrial relations and human resource management.
2   Differentiate strategic human resource management and the European approach.
3   Apply strategic human resource management approach to value chains.
4   Relate strategic management approach to human resource management practices.
5   Revise strategic human resource management practices in point of industrial relations practices.
6   Evaluate strategic human resource management approach in point of the protection of labour.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concepts of Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
2 Strategic Human Resource Relations Approach
3 European Approach to Strategic Human Resource Relations
4 Value Chain Analyse
5 Meta chain and Global Value Chain Approaches
6 Outsourcing and Externalisation of Employment
7 Flexible Labour Demand
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Personnel Selection
10 Wage Determination
11 Employability Security
12 Labour Training
13 Participation and Involvement
14 Enterprise Unionism

Recomended or Required Reading

Tijen ERDUT; Insan Kaynakları Yönetimi ve Endüstri Ilişkilerinde Değişim. TÜHIS (Türk Ağır Sanayii ve Hizmet Sektörü Kamu Işverenleri Sendikası) Yayını, No. 40, Izmir, 2002.
Tijen ERDUT; Endüstri Ilişkileri Bakımından Insan Kaynakları Yönetimi, Mercek Dergisi. Temmuz 2001, s. 56 66.
Bruce E. KAUFMAN; Human resources and industrial relations commonalities and differences, Human Resource Management Review. No. 11, 2001, s. 339 374.
Bruce E. KAUFMAN; The theory and practice of strategic HRM and participative management. Antecedents in early industrial relations, Human Resource Management Review. No. 11, 2001, s. 505 533.
Phil ALMON, et al.; Unravelling home and host country effects: An investigation of the HR policies of an American multinational in four European countries, Industrial Relations. Vol. 44, No. 2, April 2005, s. 276 306.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Review essays
Class participation
Examinations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRS * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tijen.erdut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.1535
LO.2535
LO.3535
LO.4535
LO.5535
LO.6535