Leader: Dr Glennis Hanley

Offered

Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

The subject focuses on the changing nature of work and the implications of this for labour and management at the workplace. Topics include new technology and teamworking; employee financial participation; training and skill formation; equal opportunity and managing diversity; and occupational health and safety.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• Identify and explain the changing nature of work and employment;
• describe the process of labour market deregulation and analyse the consequences for employees, managers and society;
• identify and explain labour process theories and their application to post-industrial societies;
• identify critical issues which confront employee relations and human resource managers in a dynamic environment.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (2 hours): 60%

Contact hours

Three hours of class contact

Prerequisites

MGC1010