MGT3000 Managing Workplace Relations (FOBUS)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Industrial Relations) Band 2

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to USQConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/busgeninfo.html

Synopsis

This course provides practical industrial relations knowledge and skills required by anyone who manages people. In these times of decentralised industrial relations, it is not just industrial relations specialists who need these skills, but general managers, human resource managers and supervisors. Topics covered in this course include: negotiation skills; solving individual employee grievances; dealing with unions at the workplace; the legal regulation of employment including the contract of employment; awards, collective bargaining and enterprise agreements; strategic choice in employment relations; managing conflict; employee consultation; and managing discipline, termination and redundancy. The course makes some reference to Australian employment law and processes, but the course is relevant to students from all countries because of the generic nature of the issues and skills covered.