MGY5140

Issues in labour relations

(BUS)

Professor Gerry Griffin

3-hour session per week + Second semester + City + Prerequisite: MGC9120 or MGC9130

Synopsis: Issues include the changing shape of unionism in Australia and overseas and the lessons of the US case, strategic choice in industrial relations, employee participation, award restructuring and wages policy, occupational health and safety, fair and unfair dismissals, equal employment opportunity, legal remedies available to management, and political influences on industrial relations.

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