MGX5090

Strategic industrial and workplace relations ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Ms Marjorie Jerrard

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: Students are provided with an appreciation of the importance of industrial and employee relations in the strategic management of organisations. The unit explores three levels of strategy development: macro which includes government industrial relations policy, mezzo which investigates strategy in peak organisations such as employer bodies and the ACTU, and micro which includes strategy in individual organisations and trade unions.

Assessment: Individual assignment 1: 40% (3500 words) + Individual assignment 2: 40% (3500 words) + Class Assessment: 20% (individual presentation + 500 word report)

Contact Hours: 3-hour session per week

Prerequisites: Must have passed four 9000-level units