MGY9130

Employee relations

Associate Professor Julian Teicher

6 points
* One 3-hour session per week
* First semester
* City

Objectives On completion of this subject students should have examined the changing nature of work and the employment relationship; understand the concept of workplace bargaining and its value to particular organisations and society; have developed knowledge of the major issues arising from the increasing emphasis on workplace employee relations; have gained knowledge and skills in the field of employee relations which are useful to the practising manager.

Synopsis This subject provides an introduction to employee relations at the workplace level focusing on the evolving process of workplace reform. It is concerned with both theory and practice and topics covered 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 subject also provides students with an understanding of the external context of employee relations.

Assessment Written (assignments 4000 words): 40%
* Take-home examination: 60%

Prescribed texts

Gardner A M and Palmer G Employment relations Macmillan, 1992
Lansbury R and MacDonald D Workplace industrial relations: Case studies OUP, 1992