Overview
This unit discusses the changing nature of employment relations. The object of the unit is to ascertain what constitutes a good system of employment relations. Key aspects of a system of employment relations, such as the role of the state, employers, unions and employees will be assessed within a framework that analyses the impact of significant legal, political, economic and human resource management issues on the employment relationship.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Course Evaluations
The communication between the Course Coordinator and the student cohort on the website was very good in this course.
Regular communication with students through the Moodle forums will be maintained.
Regular communication with students was maintained through the Moodle Forums.
Feedback from Course Evaluations
Information regarding the assessment should be consolidated on the website.
A file will be created with the basic assessment requirements and placed on the website. This file will be in addition to the information that is provided to students through the discussion forums and on the website generally.
It was decided to provide this information in video presentations that addressed each assessment item.
- discuss the significance of the practice of management, human resource management and industrial relations to the study of the employment relationship
- critically examine and develop an understanding of the structure and operation of a system of employment relations
- critically analyse the issues that arise from the management of the employment relationship.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Employment relations: Theory and practice
Edition: 3rd edn (2014)
Authors: Bray, M, Waring, P, Cooper, R & Macneil, J
McGraw-Hill Education (Australia)
North Ryde North Ryde , New South Wales , Australia
ISBN: 9781743070130
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
g.stewart@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
What is employment relations? The study of employment relations: analytical tools
Chapter
1 & 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The study of employment relations: values
Chapter
3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Employee representation: unions
Chapter
6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The state
Chapter
4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Management and employer representatives
Chapter
5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Employee representation: non-union
Chapter
7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
State regulation: minimum standards and awards
Chapter
8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
State regulation: EEO, unfair dismissal and safety at work
Chapter
9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Managerial unilateralism and individual contracting
Chapter
10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Collective agreement-making and collective bargaining: structures and processes
Chapter
11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Industrial conflict
Chapter
12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Employment relations and performance
Chapter
13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Assess the future of the Fair Work Commission in the Australian system of employment relations. (40 marks)
Word Length: 2500-3000 words
Please note that information that is relevant to this essay will be posted on the course website.
Week 6 Thursday (20 Apr 2017) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 9 Friday (12 May 2017)
Assignments will be returned upon completion of the marking and moderation process.
A pass student will have referenced their paper poorly, and description will dominate. Better referencing and some analysis will lead to a credit, while the distinction students will have referenced and analysed the question well. They will be separated from the HD student because of their failure to argue a case in answer to the question consistently throughout the course of their paper.
A detailed criteria sheet is available on the course Moodle website.
- discuss the significance of the practice of management, human resource management and industrial relations to the study of the employment relationship
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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