COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3140 COMPARATIVE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective


The aim of the course is to compare the components of European and Turkish industrial relations systems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to discuss the marked changes in traditional industrial relations systems. (1, 2,10)
2   Being able to discuss the marked changes in traditional industrial relations systems. (1, 2,10)
3   Being able to examine the new industrial relations comprise relationships between the different levels; European, national, local and enterprise. (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
4   Being able to examine the distinction between sectoral and cross-industry industrial relations; the relationship between bipartite and tripartite processes. (3, 4, 8)
5   Being able to examine the relationship between different procedures; consultation, concertation, collective bargaining and instruments; agreements, guidelines. (3, 4, 8)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts and Descriptions
2 The Distinctive Features of Traditional Industrial Relations Systems
3 The Governance of Industrial Relations in EU
4 The Multipartite Governance of Industrial Relations in EU
5 The Multilevel Governance of Industrial Relations in EU
6 Decentralization of Industrial Relations
7 Coordination of Industrial Relations
8 The Pluralistic Governance of Industrial Relations in EU
9 Mid-term exam
10 Mid-term exam
11 The Governance of Industrial Relations in Turkey
12 The Parties of Industrial Relations in Turkey
13 The Level of Industrial Relations in Turkey
14 The Terms of Industrial Relations in Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading


Richard Hyman; The Political Economy of Industrial Relations. The Macmillan Press, London, 1994.

European Commission; Industrial Relations in Europe 2008. Unit F.1 Social Dialogue, Industrial Relations Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Brussels, 2009.

Erdoğan Bakır, Erol Taymaz; Quality of work and employment, industrial relations and restructuring in Turkey, European Foundations for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods


- Class participation
- Examinations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11111
LO.21111
LO.31111
LO.41111
LO.51111

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