MGW2323 - Employment relations

Leader: Dr Sandra Cockfield

Offered

Berwick Second semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Peninsula First semester 2007 (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.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• apply ideas, concepts and theories to analyse employment relations in Australia;
• utilise international perspectives on significant employment relations issues for evaluating employment relations in Australia;
• identify and examine the relevant actors, institutions and processes and assess how they shape relations between management and workers a the workplace;
• identify and examine different perspectives and value systems in employment relations and assess how they influence the strategies and policies of the various parties;
• critically evaluate contemporary developments in employment relations at the international, national, industry and workplace levels.

Assessment

On-campus: Group presentation and assignment (1500 words): 20%
Individual assignment (3000 words): 30%
Examination (3 hours): 50%
Off-campus: Individual assignment (1500 words): 20%
Individual assignment (3000 words): 30%
Examination (3 hours): 50%

Contact hours

3 hours class contact

Prerequisites

MGW1010

Prohibitions

MGC2410, MGF2341