Offered
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Evening)
Synopsis
An introduction to employee relations at the workplace level focusing on workplace reform. Topics include the contract of employment; enterprise bargaining; workplace management and union structures; traditional management style and strategies, management strategies; employee participation; best practice; skill formation; and core/peripheral employment patterns; the external context of employee relations.
Objectives
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
- examine the changing nature of work and employment in an international context
- identify and assess theoretical approaches that explain changes in work and employment
- understand the political economy in which the organisation and management of work takes place
- identify different forms of employee voice and participation and assess their effectiveness
- identify and analyse the employee relations challenges facing managers and other professionals in the workplace.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%
Contact hours
3-hour class per week
