MGY9130

Employee relations

Associate Professor Julian Teicher

6 points · One 3-hour session per week · Second semester · City

Objectives On completion of this subject students should understand the changing nature of work and the employment relationship; be able to critically evaluate the major labour process theories; have developed knowledge of the major issues arising from the increasing emphasis on workplace employee relations and have gained knowledge and skills in the field of employee relations which are useful to the practising manager.

Synopsis This subject provides an introduction to employee relations at the workplace level focusing on the evolving process of workplace reform. It is concerned with both theory and practice and topics covered include the contract of employment; enterprise bargaining; workplace management and union structures; traditional management style and strategies, management strategies; employee participation; best practice; skill formation; and core/peripheral employment patterns. The subject also provides students with an understanding of the external context of employee relations.

Assessment Written (assignments 4000 words): 40% · Take-home examination: 60%

Recommended texts

Gardner A M and Palmer G Employment relations Macmillan, 1992
Lansbury R and MacDonald D Workplace industrial relations: Case studies OUP, 1997

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