MGF9620

International industrial and employee relations

Not offered in 1999

Associate Professor Julian Teicher

6 points · One 3-hour class per week · Caulfield

Objectives On completion of this subject students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role key organisations play in the international arena, apply a comparative framework to specify countries to identify key differences in industrial relations issues, evaluate international differences in industrial relations from a strategic management perspective and demonstrate an understanding of the role employee relations plays in organisational productivity.
Synopsis International industrial and employee relations aims to provide students with a frame of reference from which they can evaluate the different systems of international industrial relations and international employee relations as compared to Australia and as a result are able to develop an industrial relations strategy mix.

Assessment Written (2500 words): 30% · Group written (4000 words): 30% · Examination (2 hours): 40%

Prescribed texts

Bamber G J and Lansbury R D (eds) International and comparative industrial relations 2nd edn, Allen and Unwin, 1993
Deery S J and Mitchell R J (eds) Labour law and industrial relations in Asia Longman-Cheshire, 1994

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