Management

The Changing World of Work

Module code: N1085
Level 5
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Lecture
Assessment modes: Coursework, Computer based exam

In this module, you are introduced to emerging issues in the practice and theory of human resource management and industrial relations. It starts off with a discussion of the nature of work under capitalism, including differences across varieties of capitalist systems.

Themes covered include:

• work in the knowledge economy
• service work and emotional labour
• gender and work
• work cultures
• inequality-exploitation-alienation in contemporary workplaces
• meaning and identity attached to work
• manual vs. digitalized work

Theoretical debates and practical applications are both in focus and the links between these explored and critiqued.

 

 

Module learning outcomes

• Recognise the key emerging issues associated with the contemporary world of work and its future
• Show familiarity with key literature and theory related to these issues
• Identify and provide evidence from case studies and the practitioner literature of the existence of newmanagement and organisational practices in contemporary workplaces
• Offer critical reflection on the issues of inequality, exploitation and alienation in contemporary workplaces and ofemployment arrangements