| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
290.101 |
| Content |
Employment relations is an important aspect of any country's economy and is also a key element in the political debate, but what is 'employment relations'? Is it about unions, about strikes, about negotiation of wages and conditions, about freedom of contract? What happens when a manager wants to introduce some changes or a worker is concerned about safety issues? Why are employment relations good in some companies but not in others? This unit lays the foundations for the study of employment relations and so helps the student to answer questions such as these. The unit examines the nature of work and the relationship between employer and employee. It considers the role of management, the state and trade unions. It explores areas of conflict and co-operation and the different ways in which conflict can be handled. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Incompatibility: IREL2201 Foundations of Employment Relations |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week
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| Unit web page |
http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/studentnet
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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