At the end of the course, students must be able to
- identify and understand the players, their action and the structures of industrial relations,
- approach industrial relations systems in a comparative way and at European level,
- understand and analyse the role of industrial relations institutions in human resource management at company level,
- analyse the current challenges in industrial relations.
Main themes
The course successively examines the following questions :
- what is it about? Definitions of industrial relations and major theoretical perspectives
- who are the players? Introduction to players and institutions of industrial relations;
- what are the challenges? Analysis of the major challenges related to globalisation, European integration, multinational companies, transformations of work, etc.
- in Belgium, and elsewhere? Comparative approach of industrial relations systems.
Content and teaching methods
The course combines lectures, group presentations, individual and group research work, conferences by external speakers. It requires students active participation.
Content
See above 'scope of the activity'
Methods
In-class activities
X Lectures
X Interactive seminar
X Project based learning
X other
At home activities
X Readings to prepare the lecture
X Paper writing
X Students presentation
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Pré-requis (idéalement en termes de compétences) :
Aucun
Evaluation : Examen oral et participation au cours
L'évaluation porte sur les présentations orales en groupe et un travail écrit final.
Support :
Diaporama mis à disposition des étudiants sur iCampus + lectures et recherche documentaire
Références :
Les références sont fournies au cours
Encadrement :
Autres :
Eléments d'internationalisation
x contenu international (le cours aborde-t-il les problématiques internationales liées au contenu ?)
Interventions d'entreprises
X conférence
Compétences transversales
X présentation orale
X rédaction écrite
X travail de groupe
X gestion du temps
X gestion de projet
X esprit critique
X assertivité