Employee relations
Ms Carol Fox and Associate Professor Julian Teicher
6 points
* Two 1-hour lectures per week and one 1-hour tutorial per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: MGC1020, MGC1030
Objectives At the completion of the course students should understand the connections between the nature and organisation of work and workplace reform; be able to analyse an organisation and propose relevant measures to improve efficiency and equity at the workplace; understand the role of employee participation and unions at the workplace level; be familiar with the nature and development of theories relating to the labour process; understand the development of enterprise bargaining and its potential value to an organisation and the society.
Synopsis The focus of this subject is the relations between employees and managers at the workplace level. This rests on the foundation of a study of theories of work, management, and unions in developed economies. A particular emphasis of the subject is on current Australian developments in workplace reform. Topics included are the contract of employment; sociological theories of work, workplace union organisation and behaviour, skill formation, employee participation in management, enterprise bargaining and workplace reform, productivity measurement and benchmarking.
Assessment Written (assignment 3000 words): 30%
* Tutorial paper and
participation: 10%
* Examination (2 hours): 60%
Recommended texts
Callus R and others Industrial relations at work AGPS, 1991
Lansbury R and McDonald D Workplace industrial relations - case studies OUP, 1992
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