MGC2420

Employee relations

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 be able to assess its 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 notion of the employment relationship; sociological theories of work, workplace union organisation and behaviour, skill formation, employee participation in management, enterprise bargaining and workplace reform, performance management and performance-related pay.

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