Employment Relations and Organisation Studies

Explore human interaction and management within organisations.

Subject overview

Employment Relations and Organisation Studies examines the nature of work, employment relationships and organisational life. It is concerned with how organisations function, how people work within them, and how they relate to their stakeholders and the wider environment. This includes organisations in the private sector, the public sector and the not-for-profit sector around the world. The subject helps people understand the role of management and includes activities that help to develop skills in managing people, teams and enterprises.

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Where can Employment Relations and Organisation Studies take you?

Graduates will join or encounter organisations, whatever their occupational field. Employment Relations and Organisation Studies helps people prepare for organisational life. It helps individuals develop the basis for a career in management, including as a team leader in a wide range of functions or as a specialist in human resource management, organisational development or corporate social responsibility.

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