Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2003: Units indexed by faculty
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Graduate Diploma in Industrial and Employee Relations


Course code: 0201 + Course abbreviation: GradDipIndEmpRels + Course director: Professor Gerry Griffin + Offered at 30 Collins Street, Melbourne + Normally completed in two semesters of full-time study or four semesters of part-time study

This eight-unit course is designed for persons who are working, or intending to work, in any area of industrial relations, management, HRM or trade union activities. The course focuses upon the workplace aspects of industrial and employee relations, and links industrial relations and employee management practices with the broader issues of economic policy, wage and labour policy, efficiency and productivity. The institutional and legal framework for industrial and employee relations is also covered in detail.

Applicants require a pass degree or an equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution, or an executive certificate from this faculty with a credit average or above. Candidates may be eligible for a maximum of four credit exemptions for units considered to be equivalent to particular units in the course of study. Credit is restricted to study completed in the last five years. The course director assesses credit exemptions. This is a fee- paying course. Applicants should consult the Department of Management as to the 2003 course fee.
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Industrial and Employee Relations may apply for admission to the Master of Industrial and Employee Relations.

Course structure*

Eight units from the industrial and employee relations program. Each unit will consist of a weekly three-hour seminar. Not every unit will be available each year; they will be offered on a two-year rotational basis.

The units offered within the program are listed under the details for the Master of Industrial and Employee Relations.
* Subject to final university approval.

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