Academic Year/course:
2021/22
428 - Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources
28512 - Labour Economics
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2021/22
Subject:
28512 - Labour Economics
Faculty / School:
108 - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y del Trabajo
Degree:
428 - Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1.1. Aims of the course
The subject and its expected results respond to the following approaches and objectives:
The primary objective of this course is for the Labor Relations and Human Resources student to identify, understand and assess the economic dimension of labor relations and the functioning of the labor market
This general objective can be broken down into four partial objectives:
1. Get students to apply economic language correctly and accurately to the interpretation of work as an economic good.
2. To make students understand that the economic and social phenomena that affect the labor market are part of a complex whole, in which each of the parts that compose it is related to the reality that surrounds them.
3. That the students when facing and interpreting different labor realities are able to resort to the economic concepts and principles that explain the functioning of the labor market.
4. These approaches and objectives are aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), in such a way that the acquisition of the Learning outcomes of the subject provides training and competence to contribute to some extent to its achievement:?
The analysis made by the Labor Economy course on the world of work, its organization, efficient production, product distribution and the equitable and non-discriminatory participation of the population as a whole affects the following SDG objectives:
Objective 8: Decent work and economic growth.
Objective 4: Quality education.
Objective 5: Gender equality.
Objective 10: Reduction of inequalities
1.2. Context and importance of this course in the degree
The subject provides the conceptual and methodological aspects of economic science applied to the world of work. Through this procedure of understanding and analyzing the socioeconomic and labor reality, the student of Labour Relations and Human Resources completes his understanding of social structures and processes, social change and human behavior that affect labor relations. In addition, with this subject, the future graduate in Labor Relations and Human Resources acquires a very useful tool, such as Labour Economics, when formulating proposals about the needs, circumstances, risks, preferred options and resources of people, groups and organizations in the labor market.
1.3. Recommendations to take this course
Students have to face the subject willing to be constant in their study work. In this matter, in addition to carrying out exercises and theoretical-practical questions, comments will be made on socio-economic and labor texts and discussions of cases taken from the economic, business and labor reality in which the theoretical concepts seen in class should be applied. Therefore, it is recommended that students get involved and participate in the development of the subject with a critical and reflective spirit. In this framework, to achieve a high degree of achievement, regular attendance and active participation of students in the various work sessions (theoretical and practical) is recommended, as well as availability for study and autonomous work.
2.1. Competences
By passing the subject, the student will be more competent to ...
Develop solid arguments that allow to justify and criticize the economic actions of the agents that participate in labor relations from an interdisciplinary perspective (health, environment, etc.)
Select and manage the information and labor documentation available according to quality criteria, as well as interpret the data and socioeconomic indicators related to the labor market collected in these sources.
Prepare action proposals for the social agents involved in labor relations (unions, business organizations, etc.), explaining and assessing their economic implications.
Prepare research projects in the workplace.
Understand the dynamic and changing nature of labor relations at the national and international level.
2.2. Learning goals
The student, to pass this subject, must demonstrate the following results ...
List, define and differentiate the basic concepts of the labour economy (labor supply and demand, salary, institutional framework, unemployment, employment policies, unions, etc.)
Identify and differentiate the main theories about the labour market, synthesizing their main characteristics
Classify, analyze and use the instruments of economic analysis in making decisions that affect labour relations
Assess and explain the functioning and imbalances of the labour market, as well as recognize and evaluate the effects of public actions in the field of employment policy
Discover, classify and synthesize the socio-economic and labour concepts contained in texts and technical reports and elaborate works in which economic concepts and arguments are developed that interpret aspects of the labour reality in a clear and precise way
Recognize and evaluate the relevant economic aspects of the Spanish labour market, from a global, territorial and sectoral perspective
2.3. Importance of learning goals
The profound economic and social changes that have been observed in the labour market and in labor relations, both locally and globally, as well as the economic policy actions that are implemented, require that professionals in social sciences, among whom There are graduates in Labor Relations and Human Resources, they have the necessary tools that allow them to better understand these changes and adapt successfully to new realities. Consequently, improving and expanding the knowledge that these professionals have of the economic processes that involve labor relations, as well as familiarizing them with the habits of economic reasoning applied to the labor market is a fundamental task for future graduates in Labour Relations and Human Resources can competently perform their professional tasks.
3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)
3.1. Assessment tasks (description of tasks, marking system and assessment criteria)
The student must demonstrate that he has achieved the expected learning results through the following evaluation activities
1. The student who regularly attends the learning activities proposed by the teacher, must: Take several face-to-face tests throughout the semester, according to the theory program of the subject available in the ADD and on the department's website.
Prepare and present a directed work carried out in groups about one or more economic texts, in which students must solve a series of questions applying the knowledge acquired in the theoretical and practical classes. In the evaluation of this work, the following will be taken into account:
The formal correction of the work (spelling, grammatical structure, etc.) The reasoned and coherent exposition of the arguments used
The rigor in the use of economic concepts
The originality and critical spirit of the reasoning that is exposed The bibliography used in the elaboration of the work
Directions for performing this directed work are available on the ADD and on the department's website.
Participate in an active way in the discussions and debates raised in class as well as in the resolution of the exercises and practical cases that the teacher will raise regularly.
Solve individually in writing at least one practical case proposed in class.
The student who does not regularly attend the learning activities proposed by the teacher, must:
Take a written test (NO TEST), in person, on the date established in the exam calendar of the Faculty of Social and Labor Sciences. This test will be based on the theoretical and practical contents (T2 and T6) of the course program.
3. In the first case, the final grade will be obtained by means of a weighted average with the grades obtained in the different activities indicated.
4. Evaluation criteria:
a.- STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY ATTEND LEARNING ACTIVITIES
The qualification of these students will be carried out according to the following activities:
1.- Theoretical intermediate written test (20% of the final grade). This written test does not eliminate subject 2.- Practical case nº 1 T2 (10% of the final grade)
3.- Case study nº 2 T2 (10% of the final grade) 4.- T6 Tutored Work (20% of the final grade)
5.- Theoretical final objective test (40% of the final grade)
** FAILURE TO CARRY OUT ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES IMPLIES GIVING UP THIS EVALUATION SYSTEM
** IF THE GRADING OF ANY OF ACTIVITIES 1, 4 AND 5 (TUTORED WORK AND WRITTEN TESTS) OR THE AVERAGE OF ACTIVITIES 2 AND 3 (CASES T2) IS LESS THAN 4.0, THE SUBJECT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXCEED THE SUBJECT FOR THIS SYSTEM
b.- STUDENTS WHO DO NOT REGULARLY ATTEND LEARNING ACTIVITIES OR WHO DO NOT EXCEED THE SUBJECT BY THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM
Final written test (100% of the grade)
c.- STUDENTS WHO HAVING PASSED THE SUBJECT THROUGH THE FIRST SYSTEM WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALIFICATION WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE SINGLE GLOBAL TEST. YOUR FINAL GRADE WILL BE THE BEST OF THE TWO GRADES EARNED
4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources
4.1. Methodological overview
4.1. General methodological presentation
The learning process that has been designed for this subject is based on the following:
The learning process that has been designed for this subject is based on:
1. Large group sessions. In them the teacher will explain the basic economic concepts and notions to understand the role and importance of the economy for the understanding of the socioeconomic reality. In these classes the teacher will ask direct questions to the students that allow them to capture the degree of understanding achieved. Students must complement the explanations with the texts indicated in the bibliography by subject available in the ADD and on the department's website.
2. Small group sessions. In them, the teacher will debate with the students about different assumptions and theoretical-practical cases related to the concepts previously seen in the large group sessions. In addition to solving specific problems, students will discuss the relationship between certain theoretical concepts and some current economic events or taken from economic history. In this way, it is about the student becoming aware of the connection between the theoretical contents of the subject and the real world.
3. Supervision sessions for supervised work. These sessions can be of two types: collective or individual. In the group sessions, the teacher will jointly summon the students of each small group in order to give them general indications about the performance of the supervised work (work plan, relevant bibliography, etc.). In the individual sessions, students will go to clarify those concepts and reasoning of the reference text that escape their understanding, as well as to periodically comment with the teacher on the questions related to the work that arise throughout the elaboration process.
4.2. Learning tasks
The program offered to the student to help him achieve the expected results comprises the following activities ...
1. Large group sessions: two weekly sessions of 1h. duration. The training activities to develop in these sessions will be:
Presentation of theoretical concepts by the teacher.
Commentary and discussion by the students of the concepts presented by the teacher.
2. Small group sessions: a weekly session of 1h. duration for each subgroup. The training activities to develop in these sessions will be:
Problem solving and theoretical and practical questions. Commentary on economic texts selected by the teacher.
Discussion and analysis of economic news proposed by the teacher and / or by the students themselves. Discussions between groups of students about economic issues moderated by the teacher.
3. Supervision of supervised work: two collective seminars and one hour a week for each subgroup. In addition, students must work on their own for one hour a week.
The training activities to develop in these sessions will be:
Collective seminars in which the professor will establish the general guidelines to follow in the different phases of elaboration of the supervised works
Individual sessions for each subgroup in which the teacher will supervise the work, guide the students and discuss with them those questions related to the supervised work that arise.
4.4. Course planning and calendar
4.4. Planning of learning activities and calendar of key dates
Calendar of face-to-face sessions and presentation of work
Weeks Contents of the large group and small group sessions
Tutored jobs
1st and 2nd The labor market as a social institution. The individual and aggregate supply of labor and the demand for labor.
Collective sessions
3rd and 4th Theories about the labor market. Individual sessions
5th Realization of written tests Individual sessions
6th and 7th Trade unions and collective bargaining Individual sessions
8th and 9th Remuneration systems, structure and salary policy.
Individual and group sessions
10th and 11th Mobility, migration and discrimination in the labor market.
Individual sessions
12th Productivity, wages and inflation. Delivery of supervised work
13th and 14th Unemployment and employment policy Evaluation of supervised jobs
15th Realization of written tests Evaluation of supervised work