Unit details
Prerequisites
BMO2000 - Human Resource Management
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Learning Outcomes
1. | Identify the major Employment Relations (ER) functions and the key influences impacting employee/employer behaviour and underpinning factors; | ||
2. | Critically analyse and evaluate key processes of ER at the workplace level and their relationships to organisations; | ||
3. | Investigate a range of ER approaches, evaluate the benefits of each of their appropriate implementation; | ||
4. | Critically discuss, analyse and evaluate the current ER trends and their impact on the parties, processes and rules of Australian ER; and | ||
5. | Exhibit individual responsibility and accountability for contributing to group outcomes. |
Assessment
Assessment type | Description | Grade |
---|---|---|
Review | Critical review of an article | 15% |
Research Paper | Organisational research 15% and Role Play 10% | 25% |
Presentation | Group Presentation (group presentation 15%, group slides 15% and individual peer critique 10%) | 40% |
Case Study | Individual Case Study (x2) presented in class | 20% |
Required reading
Employment Relations: Theory and Practice, 4th edition,
Bray, M, Waring, P & Cooper, R 2018,
McGraw Hill, NSW.
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