Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Course Specific Skills:

1. Acquire an analytical understanding of employment and industrial relations and their relevance with the other main economic and social concepts.

2. Develop a foundation of knowledge of the history of ER worldwide. Identify international bodies and institutions regarding the ER.

3. Identify the country-specific characters of the employment, the labour market, and the institutions in the employment relations sphere.

4. Analyze the contemporary and current issues of industrial and employment relations and be able to discuss the future aspects.

Discipline Specific Skills:

5. Learn ER specific concepts and relevant theories like: employment relations system, key indicators of the labour market (KILM); industrial actors, and action.

6. Identify the interdisciplinary character of the ER and utilize their foundation on the HRM, OB&OT, and economics courses.

Personal and Key Skills:

7. assess and discuss current issues on the ER via building their own opinion.

8. use figures and indicators in their critical analyses and develop reports and academic papers.

9. participate in debates regarding contemporary issues in the subject area.