Managing Conflicts in the Workplace
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
WELF 5085
Postgraduate
No
100299
4.5
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
To introduce students to the process of critically analysing organisational conflict.
Causes of workplace conflict, economic rationalism, corporate managerialism, precarious work, work intensification and job insecurity. Industrial relations legislation, policies and practices, management – worker tensions around scarce resources, values and cultures of organisations; diversity, structural factors and imbalances of power (eg. gender, ethnicity). Leadership styles, poor communication and change management practices; downsizing, redundancy and justice; workplace bullying; sexual harassment; prevention and early intervention; workplace grievance processes; legal/non-legal matters in workplace conflicts; designing dispute resolution systems; approaches to managing conflict: education, advocacy, negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, tribunals, administrative decision-making, litigation.
Nil
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
WELF 5081 | Mediation Theory and Practice |
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE) | |||
Workshop | 8 hours x 5 days |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Essay 1, Essay 2, Group workshop presentation
EFTSL*: 0.125
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