- Docente: Chiara Benassi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Politics Administration and Organization (cod. 9085)
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from Feb 12, 2025 to May 07, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has an in-depth knowledge of the institutions of industrial relations in various European countries, as well as of the main models of transnational labor relations. The student is also able to compare the influence of these institutions on the strategies implemented by companies and business associations, government and trade unions; in particular, they can critically assess the impact of institutions on job quality, economic growth and inequalities
Course contents
Industrial relations; the role of the state, trade unions, and employer associations in collective bargaining; industrial relations and social inequalities; industrial relations for economic growth; industrial relations and the future of work.
Readings/Bibliography
Bamber, G. J., Cooke, F. L., Doellgast, V., & Wright, C. F. (Eds.). (2021). International and comparative employment relations: Global crises and institutional responses. Sage.
Frege, Carola, and John Kelly, eds. (2020) Comparative employment relations in the global economy. Routledge.
These are just reading indications, the course does not follow a textbook. Please check Virtuale.
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture; group discussion and teamwork (both in-class and outside); current case studies.
Assessment methods
Written exam and group project.
Non frequentanti: Written exam
Teaching tools
PP slides, case studies, newspaper articles
Office hours
See the website of Chiara Benassi
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.