Analyzing Employment Relations: The Role of Parties and Contextual Frameworks

Different theories and perspectives on employment relations

This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes: 

On completion of this module, the student should be able to analyse and critically evaluate: 

1????? Different theories and perspectives on employment relations. 

2????? The impact of local, national and global contexts shaping employment relations climates. 

3????? The roles and functions of the different parties to control and manage the employment relationship. 

4      The importance of organisational-level employment relations processes that support organisational performance.

5      The importance of employment relations procedures that help mitigate organisational risk, including the design and implementation of policies and practices in the areas of discipline, grievance, dismissal and redundancy.

6      The integration of employment relations processes and how they impact on policy, practice and organisational outcomes such as performance and employee engagement.

This assignment is an individual report.  

This assignment requires you to:  

Develop a critical analysis on the role of the different employment relation parties in the Online Activity. 

This report will be based on the Online Activity (Guest speaker or Coil project) and on the following 2 aspects: 

1. A critical analysis on the role of the trade union, workers, employers and government using appropriate employment relations theoretical framework explored in the module. 

2. Comparative analysis between your chosen case and the Employment Relations system discussed in the Online Activity.

To develop your report you should present a balanced analysis based on relevant Employment Relations theories applied on a case. The analysis has to show understanding of the theories and the international and national socio-political context that affects employment of the case chosen. Finally, the report has to refer to the following issues: 

1) Consider how globalisation has affected international employment relations.  

2) Provide a contextual framework to explain the socio-economic and political system of the country or region of the case analysed. 

3) Develop a clear theoretical framework in Employment Relations and consider to what extent, is there ‘convergence’ in Employment Relations or 'divergence' across various nations and regions.  

Criteria for Assessment

Basically, you will need to demonstrate the ability to: 

· Write a clear Introduction and brief abstract which identifies the issues within the context of the assigned International Employment Relations question and, from this to demonstrate a logical structure and layout for the paper (10 marks)  

· Critically review the relevant literature and its implications for the aspect of International Employment Relations discussed (30 marks)  

· Critically analyse and discuss the pertinent issues, grounded in the literature, relevant to the assigned question (35 marks)  

· Draw meaningful conclusions and recommendation (15 marks)  

The impact of local, national and global contexts shaping employment relations climates

· The assessment will follow a report structure. It will present the discussion in a clear, logical and coherent way, and correctly reference (Harvard Referencing System) all published material included in the paper (10 marks)  

Word Count 

The word count is 1000 words ( +/- 10%) 

There will be a penalty of a deduction of 10% of the mark (after internal moderation) for work exceeding the word limit by 10% or more. 

The word limit includes quotations and citations but excludes the references list. 

GUIDELINES AND BACKGROUND TO THIS ASSIGNMENT

Plagiarism

As part of your study you will be involved in carrying out research and using this when writing up your coursework. It is important that you correctly acknowledge someone else’s writing, thoughts or ideas and that you do not attempt to pass this off as your own work.  Doing so is known as plagiarism.  It is not acceptable to copy from another source without acknowledging that it is someone else’s writing or thinking. This includes using paraphrasing as well as direct quotations. You are expected to correctly cite and reference the works of others. The Centre for Academic Writing provides documents to help you get this right. If you are unsure, please visit. You can also check your understanding of academic conduct by completing the Good Academic Practice quiz.

Self-plagiarism or reuse of work previously submitted

You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another qualification of this and any other university, unless this is specifically provided for in your assignment brief or specific course or module information. Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published/submitted, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be self-plagiarism. Self-plagiarism is unacceptable because you cannot gain credit for the same work twice.

The University VLE includes a plagiarism detection system and assessors are experienced enough to recognise plagiarism when it occurs. Copying another student’s work, using previous work of your own or copying large sections from a book or the internet are examples of plagiarism and carry serious consequences. If you are a business student and joined Coventry University in September 2020 or later please use APA 7th edition referencing, if you joined prior to this date you may use APA or the existing Harvard Reference Style (Coventry version) that you are familiar with. Law students should use OSCOLA. Please be consistent in the referencing style that you use and use it correctly to avoid a case of plagiarism or cheating being brought. If you are unsure, please contact the Centre for Academic Writing, your Progress Coach or a member of the course team.