High-Performance Work Practices
Module code: LM3508
This module seeks to identify important global processes and examines how these processes affect human resource management and the national environments in which HRM situates. It also identifies the rise of multinational corporations (MNCs) within the ‘convergence-divergence’ debate.
Topics covered
- Key principles of high-performance working
- Links between performance and HRM practices
- ‘Unitarist' and 'pluralist' accounts of HPWPs
- Tensions between the interests of employers and employees in the management of performance
Learning
- 150 hours of guided independent study
Assessment
- Essay, 3,000-4,000 words (100%)