Institute of Commercial Management | Qualification Subject

Employment Relations

ICM Professional Diploma Unit

Employment Relations aims to equip Learners with the ability to understand people management legislation and employment law, the professional and ethical behaviour in people management and employee relationship management.

Main Topics of Study:

Professional and ethical behaviour in people management 

  • Working in international environments
  • The gig economy
  • Equitable pay ratio
  • Unconscious bias
  • Social mobility

People management legislation

  • Common law
  • Statutory regulation
  • Statute law 
  • Equality legislation 

Specialist employment law 

  • Employment contracts
  • Contacts termination

Employment relationship management 

  • Strategic employee relations
  • Unique employee challenges
  • ~Engagement
  • ~Development 
  • ~Pace of output
  • Trade union and non-union options

Example Candidate Response Booklet

Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).

Recommended Reading

Main Text:

Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2020).  Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. 15th ed. London: Kogan Page Publishers.

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Armstrong, M., & Taylor, S. (2014).  Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. 13th ed. London: Kogan Page Publishers. 

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Noe, R et. Al. (2020). Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. 8th ed. New York: McGraw

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Williams, S (2020). Introducing Employment Relations: A Critical Approach. 5th ed. Oxford University Press

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Rees, G., and Smith, P. (2017) Strategic Human Resource Management: An International Perspective. 2nd Edition. SAGE publications.

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Bridger, E (2022). Employee Engagement: A Practical Introduction. 3rd ed. Kogan Page

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Alternative Text and Further Reading: