Labourmarket and working life, Course, - Luleå University of Technology

COURSE SYLLABUS

Labourmarket and working life 7.5 Credits

Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv

Second cycle, S7023A

Version

Course syllabus valid: Autumn 2018 Sp 1 - Present

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Education level Second cycle	Grade scale U G VG	Subject Sociology	Subject group (SCB) Sociology
Main field of study Sociology

Entry requirements

Bachelors degree of at least 180 ECTS, major in sociology.

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Selection

The selection is based on 20-285 credits

Course Aim

Show critical awareness about central concepts in working life
Show deepened knowledge about conditions & prerequisites for human beings in a changing working life; on a local, regional & global level
Show critical awareness of structural barriers and opportunities in working life
Be able to analyse and critically value own and others work, from a sociological perspective
Be able to present one's own work orally as well as in written form in an engaging and structured way, to the point, including reaching analytical height

Contents

The course is included in HRM master program and deals with sociological theories about opportunities and barriers in a changing working life where the objective is to give deepened knowledge about working life. Society, including the labour market and working life, is changing on a continuous basis. These changes impact on individuals as well as work organisations, in various ways.

The course gives, besides theoretical knowledge about changes in working life, practical knowledge that can be applied in the future HRM-work.

Realization

Teaching and learning is mainly achieved via lectures and seminars.

Examination

Examination is operationalised via oral (active participation in seminars) as well as written examination.

Remarks

Students must register for the courses themselves, or contact ETS educational administration eduets@ltu.se, not later than three days after the quarter commences. Failure to do so can result in the place being lost. This rule also applies to students with a guaranteed place.

Examiner

Karolina Parding

Literature. Valid from Spring 2017 Sp 3 (May change until 10 weeks before course start)

The literature consists of a selection of journal papers from the journals presented below, which specific papers are decided at course start.

Work organization, labour & globalisation (https://wolg.wordpress.com/), Papers can be retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/journal/workorgalaboglob

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, Papers can be retrieved from: http://rossy.ruc.dk/ojs/index.php/njwls/index

Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv, Papers can be retrieved from: http://www.kau.se/arbetsmarknad-arbetsliv/lasa-publicerade-artiklar

Tidskriften Professions & professionalism, Papers can be retrieved from:
https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp/issue/archive

Tidskriften Professions & organizations, Papers can be retrieved from:
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/jpo/about.html

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Course offered by

Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences

Items/credits

Number	Type	Credits	Grade
0004	Written presentation of assignment report	4.5	TG U G VG
0006	Seminars	2.0	TG U G#
0007	Oral presentation of assignment report	1.0	TG U G#

Study guidance

Study guidance for the course is to be found in our learning platform Canvas before the course starts. Students applying for single subject courses get more information in the Welcome letter. You will find the learning platform via My LTU.

Syllabus established

by Saila Piippola 13 Mar 2012

Last revised

by Director of Undergraduate Studies Daniel Örtqvist, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences 15 Feb 2018

Published:7 November 2013

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