MGT8031 Global Issues in Employment Relations (FOBUS)

Semester 2 (WEB)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Industrial Relations) Band 3A

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/business/aboutfob.htm>.

Synopsis

The relationship between employers (or managers) and employees throughout the world has faced enormous pressures arising from economic globalisation, increased domestic and international competition and other political and economic pressures to make workplaces more flexible, efficient and productive. 'Global Issues in Employment Relations' will assist students to understand the complexity of this relationship by focusing on several critical issues surrounding the management of the contemporary employment relationship. The course adopts a critical perspective on a range of issues arising from the relationship between managers and other employees. 'Global Issues in Employment Relations' introduces the management student to industrial relations theory and identifies the key frameworks which govern management perspectives on the employment relationship. The course considers from a critical perspective human resource management, collective bargaining, employee participation and trade unionism. Each of the topics in this course will be considered in its global context, and be of relevance for students in most countries.