MGW2323

Employment relations ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Dr Sandra Cockfield (Chief Examiner)

Offered:
Gippsland First semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (OCL)
Peninsula First semester 2005 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: This unit focuses on employment relations issues, mainly in the Australian context. It includes an overview of the economic, legal and social elements of the employment relationship and the management of commitment and discontent in the workplace; the role of the parties: workers, employers, their collective organisations and the state; the processes of regulation: conciliation and arbitration, individual contracts, enterprise bargaining, negotiation; employment practises: pay, employment, work organisation and skill formation; international influences on employment relations; equity and justice in the workplace.

Assessment: On-campus and off-campus: Individual assignment (1500 words): 20% + Individual assignment (3000 words): 30% + Examiniation (3 hours): 50%

Contact Hours: 3 hours class contact

Prerequisites: MGW1010

Prohibitions: MGF2341