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Australian Employment Relations
Postgraduate | GRF-EHR710 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
Review the intricacies of the Australian industrial relations system.Navigate wage, conditions and equity policies. Immerse yourself in the history of trade unions and other institutions. Predict future movements in the field of employment relations.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Australian Employment Relations
About this subject
If you wish to pursue a professional career as an ER and/or HRM practitioner, Australian Employment Relations presents an invaluable overview of the Australian industrial relations system. The subject specifically aims to:
- deepen your understanding of the employment relationship
- develop your understanding of the objectives, structure and activities of the main parties in industrial relations
- analyse the nature of industrial conflict
- evaluate recent public policy regarding wages in particular, and more broadly the form of the industrial relations system
- analyse the impact of policy on wages, conditions, workplace flexibility, equity and social justice and performance
- examine the main theories of employment relations
- develop critical insights into the likely future development of Australian employment relations
- develop the application of Griffith generic skills.
- What is employment relations?
- Theoretical frameworks and models for studying employment relations
- Employers in the Australian labour market
- The State and employment regulation in Australia
- Employee voice and representation
- The changing context of ER
- When interests collide
- Review of the current state of ER and likely future development
This subject was previously known as IRL100.
Practitioners of industrial relations, employment relations and human resource management need to appreciate the role of institutions and understand the practices and processes used by industrial relations actors. Australian industrial relations covers the roles of the state, trade unions, the tribunal system, employer associations and emerging institutions. This subject provides you with an historical and theoretical context that explains present structures, activities and limitations. It also addresses the contemporary approaches to workplace relations between managers, employees and unions.
- Case Study (20%)
- Report (45%)
- Journal (35%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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