Labor Market Redesign: Comparative Studies from Europe and Asia

2023/2024

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Political Science and International Affairs

Course type:

Elective course

When:

2 year, 2 module

Instructor

Veselova, Liudmila S.

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Annually more and more students of European and Russian universities seek to find work abroad after graduation. Meanwhile, the labor market in Asia and Europe is constantly changing, the requirements for job seekers are becoming higher, and competition is increasing. The purpose of this course is to highlight the main trends in the labor market in Europe and Asia, to show the differences inherent in the countries of these regions.

Learning Objectives

• The course provides students with complex knowledge of modern development of labor market in Europe and Asia. The course will focus on: • main trends in labor market of European and Asian countries which happened during last 30 years;
• The course provides students with complex knowledge of modern development of labor market in Europe and Asia. • regional character and main features of Asian and European businesses; • gender inequality in terms of labor in Asia and Europe.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• • to reflect (evaluate and process) mastered scientific methods and ways of activity • to analyze, verify, evaluate the completeness of information in professional activities, if necessary, perform and synthesize the missing information
• • to solve problems in professional and social activities, taking into account the social, socio-cultural, political, ethnocultural and religious values and norms of people of Asia and Europe • to understand and analyze scientific, political and journalistic literature on the problems of Asia and Europe, including the development of foreign languages
• • to understand and analyze scientific, political and journalistic literature on the problems of Asia and Europe, including the development of foreign languages • to freely carry out scientific communication in foreign languages • to search for information on topical issues in Asia and Europe.
• to analyze, verify, evaluate the completeness of information in professional activities, if necessary, perform and synthesize the missing information
• to solve problems in professional and social activities, taking into account the social, socio-cultural, political, ethnocultural and religious values and norms of people of Asia and Europe

Course Contents

• Lecture 1. Seminar 1. Introduction to the course
• Lecture 2. Seminar 2. Comparison of Talent management trends in Europe and Asia
• Lecture 3. Seminar 3. Changes of women’s status in Europe
• Lecture 4. Seminar 4. Changes of women’s status in Asia
• Lecture 5. Seminar 5. The phenomenon of labor in Asia on example of China
• Lecture 6. Seminar 6. Labor force in India

Assessment Elements

• Essay
  Students should write essay to the topic provided by the professor
• Group presentation
• Research Poster

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.3 * Essay + 0.4 * Group presentation + 0.3 * Research Poster

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Gender and Power in Eastern Europe Changing Concepts of Femininity and Masculinity in Power Relations Katharina Bluhm, Gertrud Pickhan, Justyna Stypinska, Agnieszka Wierzcholska (editors). (2021).
• Lundström-Burghoorn, W. (2008). Gender Politics in Asia: Women Manoeuvring within Dominant Gender Orders. NIAS Press.
• Mills, M. B. (2017). Gendered Morality Tales: Discourses of Gender, Labour, and Value in Globalising Asia. Journal of Development Studies, 53(3), 316–330. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1184251
• Murray, J. (2016). Labor Markets : Analysis, Regulations and Outcomes. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Sen, S. (2019). Talent Management. Society Publishing.
• Yu. Odegov G., M. Kulapov N., P. Karasev A., Ю. Одегов Г., М. Кулапов Н., & П. Карасев А. (2021). Talent Management – the Tendencies of Development ; Управление талантами – нужно ли оно работодателю? Vestnik NSUEM; № 4 (2020); 10-20 ; Вестник НГУЭУ; № 4 (2020. https://doi.org/10.34020/2073-6495-2020-4-010-020

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• AMUSSEN, S. D. (2021). Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe. Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 15(2), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1353/emw.2021.0010