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PERS601 Workplace Relations

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent.

All organisational operations are constrained by the legal environment within which the organisation operates. Managers and Human Resource Managers must have a fundamental understanding of the way the law impacts upon their functions especially in relation to people in the workplace. This unit is concerned with the nature and significance of issues arising from the relationship between employers, managers and employees. The central purpose of the unit will be to make the student aware of problems which can reduce organisational effectiveness and efficiency but which, if properly handled, can enhance productivity and employer-employee satisfaction. The unit will consider the Constitutional basis for industrial relations legislation in Australia and its historical development, with a focus on current legal and institutional structures. The unit will examine models of employment relations; the implications of current practices of decentralised wage and conditions fixation; the nature and structure of union and employer organisations; and mechanisms designed to manage workplace conflict. This unit aims to develop and extend students' knowledge and understanding of the broader context of workplace relations, from the perspective of managers and human resource managers thus providing a strategic approach to the employment relationship.

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