Postgraduate GRF-EHR707-2018

Employment Relations Strategy

Examine where employment relations and HR management intersect. Draft your own employment relations strategies.Ask if organisations are more influenced by the push of legislation or the pull of internal strategy when defining employment relations.

Duration

13 weeks

Student rating

3.5

Study method

100% online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

08 Jul 2019

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Subject details

What you'll learn

On completion of this subject students will be able to:

understand the concept of employment relations strategy using different conceptual lenses
understand the difference between and the overlap of employment/industrial relations and human resource management, in theory and in practice
conduct a data collection process in order to gather background information for an employment relations strategy
develop an employment relations strategy for an organisation
critique employment relations strategy from different conceptual positions.

Topics covered

- Introduction
- What is ER Strategy? A Multidisciplinary Perspective Part I
- What is ER Strategy? A Multidisciplinary Perspective Part II
- The External ER Environment (a review)
- People and culture (a subset of the environment assuming a PESTEL style framework for analysis
- Industry studies --- (a subset of the environment)
- Ideology and ER Strategy
- Preparing an ER strategic plan
- Review of unit and reflection on career
Study resources
- Instructional methods
  - Audio/Video conferencing
  - Discussion forum/Discussion Board
  - Embedded Multimedia
  - Online assignment submission
  - Podcasting/Lecture capture
  - Web links
  - Wikis
- Online materials
  - Audio-Video streaming
  - Online Assessment
  - Printable format materials
  - Resources and Links

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

GRF-EMP-MAS-2018
OUA-PSU-GCE-2018
UNE-PRO-GCE-2018

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject was previously known as IRL170.

The subject examines the concept of 'employment relations strategy' and revisits core concepts central to employment relations that have been introduced in other subjects. Drawing from a number of disciplines, including Management, Strategic HRM and Industrial (now 'Employment') Relations, the subject encourages students to think in a holistic way about strategic employment relations planning in an organisation.

Is it merely reactive, via adjustments to new legislation and via incremental changes through enterprise bargaining and/or in management policies? Or can employment relations be seen as 'strategic', affecting the bottom line of the organisation? To what extent are there multiple solutions to a particular problem or issue, and what kinds of decision making are necessary to ensure the optimal solution is chosen? What is the boundary between 'HR' and 'employment relations' and, in a day-to-day sense, are the two separable?

Assessments

Report1 (30%)
Introductory Assignment (25%)
Report2 (45%)

Textbooks

Current study term (07 Jul 19 to 04 Oct 19)

Textbooks are not required.

Related degrees

postgraduate GRF-EMP-MAS-2018

Master of Employment Relations

2 available majors

Standard Program
Program with Advanced Standing

postgraduate OUA-PSU-GCE-2018

Postgraduate Single Subjects

postgraduate UNE-PRO-GCE-2018

Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice