Prof David Marsden NAB 4.22

This course is compulsory on the MRes/PhD in Management (Employment Relations and Human Resources). This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Management (Organisational Behaviour). This course is not available as an outside option.

This course examines the human resource management (HRM) and employment relations (ER) strategies of global corporations, with the aim of understanding both the causes of different strategic choices and the consequences of these strategies for diverse stakeholders. It takes the perspective that HRM/ER strategies are influenced by a range of variables, including internal business strategy and resources, as well as external factors such as national legislation, business systems and culture, and regional and global institutions.

The lecture and group-work content are the same as for MG476, but with a special tutorial-style additional programme of work for the doctoral students taking this elective. Assessment will be by the summer examination for MG478 and a 3500 word extended essay.

10 hours of lectures, 15 hours of seminars and 7 hours of help sessions in the LT.

Lectures: 10 hours

Group work: 15 hours (Auditing MG478 classes)

Doctoral tutorials: 7 hours (two-weekly intervals)

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT.

Vogel, D. (2005) The Market For Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility, Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. Crane, A. et al. (2008) The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility, Oxford: OUP. Elliot, K.A. and Freeman, R. (2003) Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization?, Washington D.C.: Peterson Institute for International Economics. Locke, R., Qin, F. & Brause, A. (2007) 'Does monitoring improve labor standards? Lessons from Nike,' Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 61, 1: 3- 31.

Exam (40%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Essay (60%, 3500 words) in the ST.