3847 - Master of Work and Employment Relations and Master of Business Law

The course is designed to develop practitioner skills on a comprehensive analytical and conceptual basis for industrial relations and human resources practitioners and for managers, and to provide theoretical and practical knowledge in business law. The course provides an understanding of and an ability to analyse a wide range of legal problems arising in the practice of business law with a focus upon the workplace within the broader institutional and legal framework.

The learning goals associated with this course are to:

• evaluate leadership styles appropriate for application in industrial and workplace relations
• acquire analytical skills in specialist areas of interest that support workplace and industrial relations
• evaluate conceptual and analytical frameworks underpinning the research on the management of people
• interpret existing academic and industry-based research on workplace and industrial relations and related disciplinary areas
• describe theoretical and practical issues in a range of business law areas
• analyse legal problems arising in business practice
• develop skills in research, interpersonal communications, negotiation, ethical decision-making and analysis in a business law context
• critically analyse legal issues of current importance to the business sector and formulate a considered view on the basis of sound research skills.

The course structure has three main components:

• a set of core units in workplace and employment relations
• a set of core units in business law
• six open electives.

(a.) Students must complete six core units (36 points) as follows:

• BTX5080 Workplace negotiations
• BTX9070 Labour relations law
• MGX5130 Equity and diversity in the workplace
• MGX5620 Pay, participation and performance
• MGX9850 Human resource management

plus one of:

• MGX9220 Work and relations
• MGX5610 Work and employment on global context

(b.) students must complete four units (24 points) from the following list:

• BTX5000 Corporate governance
• BTX5020 Intellectual property laws
• BTX5030 Comparative corporate law
• BTX5031 Insurance law
• BTX5040 Legal aspects of corporate social responsibility
• BTX5050 Asian business law
• BTX5060 The law of employment
• BTX5070 Labour relations law
• BTX5100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• BTX5121 Information technology law
• BTX5130 International law and policy
• BTX5131 Advanced banking law
• BTX5180 Financial services regulation
• BTX5190 International trade law
• BTX5841 Human resources management law

(c.) Students must complete six elective units (36 points) from graduate units subject to the following condition:

• a maximum of two elective units (12 points) may be taken from other faculties
• a research option is available with permission of the course coordinator. Students enrolling in the research option will be required to complete the units MGX5000, MGX5901 and MGX5900 as part of their elective component.

It is recommended that students consult with the course coordinator to ensure their elective units form a coherent study program.

Students wishing to exit the Master of Work and Employment Relations and Master of Business Law early may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

• Graduate Certificate in Business after successful completion of 24 points of study
• Graduate Diploma in Business after successful completion of 48 points of study
• either of the single masters degrees subject to satisfying the requirements of the single degree.

Master of Business Law

Master of Workplace and Employee Relations