Employment Relations

• • Week 1 - The Employment Relationship
  • Week 2 - Industrial conflict
  • Week 3 - The Actors – Employers and the State
  • Week 4 - The Actors – Trade Unions
  • Week 5 - The Frames of Reference
  • Week 6 - Labour Law and How Laws are Made
  • Week 7 - Collective Bargaining and Agreement Making
  • Week 8 - Collective Bargaining and Agreement Making
  • Week 9 - Collective Bargaining and Agreement Making
  • Week 10 - Flexibility, the Gig Economy and Employment Relations
  • Week 11 - Gender and Employment Relations
  • Week 12 - Has the Pendulum Swung too Far?

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

• TAS-BMA121-Foundations of Human Resource Management
• TAS-BMA101-Introduction to Management

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject offers you an opportunity to pursue advanced study in the discipline of industrial relations. The subject is particularly focussed on the employment relationship, its regulation and management in contemporary workplaces. The subject introduces theoretical approaches to power, conflict and negotiation in a workplace environment. Demonstrating learning outcomes in this subject requires the capability to understand and assess situations from multiple perspectives and to appreciate both short-term and long-term consequences of decisions at the individual, organisation and societal levels.

The subject has a strong focus on the application of theoretical concepts in real-world situations. There will be coverage of the Australian regulatory framework and approaches to the employment relationship taken by organisations, unions, governments and industrial tribunals.

Assessment in the subject includes identification and analysis of contemporary issues in industrial relations, a negotiation exercise and a major exploratory research project on an approved topic.

• Individual Issue Analysis PowerPoint (25%)
• Individual Negotiation Reflective Paper (25%)
• Individual Essay (50%)

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