Employee Relations 

Employee relations are critical to the smooth running of any business, as motivated staff will encourage greater efficiency and performance. This module will introduce and encourage the critical evaluation of employee relations, and show you how to gain the commitment of employees. You'll also learn about collective bargaining and consultation, employee involvement, reward systems and fair and effective management.

Key Topics

In this module you will cover a range of topics including:

>The strategic choices facing employers in terms of the conduct, form, and content of their employee relations and its contribution to organisational effectiveness
>The key goals and processes in both unionised and non-unionised environments including collective bargaining, consultation, communication
>The nature, form, and content of the various forms of employee involvement including the arguments supporting and challenging different approaches
>The management of, and interaction between, the form and content of differing reward systems
>The management of workplace discipline
>The management and resolution of workplace grievances

Assessment

There are a number of assessments that you complete as part of your coursework and forward to your academic tutor for grading and comments.

You'll also take a summative assessment at the end of your module. Exam venues are located across the UK and exams take place twice a year. Please note that there are additional assessment fees for each module.