Industrial Relations

Subject 325-308 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: 325-201 Organisational Behaviour
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

Assoc Prof Michelle Brown
Subject Overview:

In this subject we examine the employment relationship with a particular emphasis on the development and application of workplace rules (for example hours of work and rates of pay). We compare and contrast the processes of individual rule making with collective determination of workplace rules. We then investigate the consequences of each process for employees, unions, organisations and the national economy. Tutorials and the assignment tasks provide an opportunity to evaluate controversial issues in industrial relations through the use of exercises and case studies.
Objectives: .
Assessment:

A 2-hour examination (60%) and assignment(s) totalling not more than 4000 words (40%).
Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts:

Information Not Available
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

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Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

  • High level of development: oral communication; written communication; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; synthesis of data and other information; accessing data and other information from a range of sources; receptiveness to alternative ideas.

  • Moderate level of development: problem solving; evaluation of data and other information.

  • Some level of development: collaborative learning; statistical reasoning; use of computer software.
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics) and Bachelor of Computer Science
Graduate Diploma in Management Studies

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