UWA Handbooks 2010 - Units

Unit details


IREL1102 Australian Employment Relations [UG]

Credit 6 points
Availability Semester 2
Old unit code 290.102
Content This unit provides an introduction to Australian employment relations. Students examine concepts and systems underpinning Australian employment relations and evaluate the significance of these on the state, management, unions and workers.
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: IREL2202 Australian Employment Relations
Contact hourslectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week
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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