Australian Industrial Relations
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
BUSS 5308
Postgraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
101050
4.5
No
School of Management
To become acquainted with the central themes, debates and institutions of Australian industrial relations in theory and practice. To acquire basic skills in interpretation and application of industrial instruments, legislation and tribunal decisions.
Theoretical explanations of patterns, practices and institutions of industrial relations. Evolution of relevant institutions. Management strategy. Employee organisation, strategy and behaviour. Institutions and practices of workplace, regulation. Arbitration, enterprise and workplace bargaining, statutory and common law individual employment contracts and the mechanisms used to create enforceable industrial instruments. Historical, economic, political and social context of industrial relations. Union and non-union mechanisms of employee representation. Alternative approaches to dispute avoidance, minimization, resolution and settlement. Features of prevailing legislative regulatory framework. Formalised advocacy skills. Negotiation skills.
Bray, M, Waring, P & Cooper, R 2014, Employment Relations: Theory and practice, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, Sydney
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Seminar | 3 hours x 11 weeks | ||
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE | |||
Online | 3 hours x 11 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Case study, Essay, Interpretation report
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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