Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Moderator
Nikola Balnave
Contact via nikki.balnave@mq.edu.au
Lecturer/Tutor
Joseph McIvor
Contact via Email.
No office.
11.30am-12.30pm (after class on Wednesday) or by appointment.
Nikola Balnave
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
HRM107
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines the broad macro issues related to managing people at work. The scope of inquiry extends to the macroeconomic environment including the economic, political, social, and institutional context. The unit is approached from a stakeholder perspective, emphasising the way that management, labour and the state, along with other key stakeholders, act, both separately and together, to structure the employment relationship. Topics include the regulatory framework, bargaining structures and processes, conflict and co-operation, and the impact of change and reform directions.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASSESSMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Assessment Task 1 |
Assessment Task 2 |
Assessment Task 3 |
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Title/Name |
Assignment |
Essay |
Final Exam |
Description
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1000 word assignment |
2000 word essay |
2 hour exam including multiple choice and short answer questions |
Due date |
Week 5 – 12/8/14 |
Week 9 – 9/9/14 |
Formal exam period |
% Weighting |
20% |
40% |
40% |
Grading method
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See assessment guide. |
See assessment guide. |
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Submission method |
Online and in tutorials |
Online and in tutorials |
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Feedback (type, method, date) |
Individual written feedback within three weeks of submission |
Individual written feedback within three weeks of submission |
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Estimated student workload (hours) |
10 hours |
20 hours |
20 hours |
Learning outcomes assessed |
1,2,3 &5 |
1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
Graduate capabilities assessed |
1.Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills 2. Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking 3. Effective Communication
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2. Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking 3. Problem Solving and Research Capability 4. Effective Communication
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2. Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking 3. Problem Solving and Research Capability 4. Effective Communication
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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Assignment | 20% | Week 5 |
Essay | 40% | Week 9 |
Final Examination | 40% | University Examination Period |
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 20%
Weighting: 20%
Due Date: Tuesday August 12 (Week 5)
Duration/Length: 1000 Words
Submission Details:
All students must submit their assignments through Turnitin using the link on iLearn by 11:59pm on the due date.
Hard copies must be given to the tutor in the Week 5 tutorial. Hard copies must be identical to the electronic version submitted.
Late assignments must also be submitted through Turnitin and a hardcopy provided to the tutor.
Description:
This assessment task requires you to read a number of short documents and then answer a range of questions.
Aims and Objectives
This exercise is designed to start students thinking about the range of perspectives held by various stakeholders on employment relations issues. When it comes to debates about employment relations matters, there is no black and white, no right or wrong. Employment relations stakeholders often have different and sometimes competing views, and expected alliances can often shift depending on the issue. Students are encouraged to approach any employment relations matter objectively, recognise that there will be a number of perspectives on the issue, and critically evaluate all viewpoints before arriving at a conclusion.
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 40%
Weighting: 40%
Due Date: Tuesday 9 September (Week 9)
Duration/Length: Maximum 2000 Words
Submission Details:
All students must submit their essays through Turnitin using the link on iLearn by 11:59pm on the due date.
Hard copies must be given to the tutor in the Week 9 tutorial. Hard copies must be identical to the electronic version submitted.
Late assignments must also be submitted through Turnitin and a hardcopy provided to the tutor.
Aims and Objectives
This assessment encourages students to:
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 40%
Weighting: 40%
Due Date: Formal Examination Period
Duration: 2 Hours
The final examination will be closed book. The exam will be of two hour duration. The exam will be held during the University Examination period..
A final examination is included as an assessment task for this unit to provide assurance that:
i) the product belongs to the student and
ii) the student has attained the knowledge and skills tested in the exam.
The unit involves 3 hours face-to-face teaching per week consisting of lectures and activities, in a seminar format.
While classes are not compulsory, if your final grade is marginal, your instructor's opinion of your performance may be instrumental in determining your final grade.
Students MUST attend the tutorial assigned unless given permission by Lecturer or Tutor in special circumstances
Bray, M., Waring, P. and Cooper, R. (2011) Employment Relations: Theory and Practice, 2nd ed, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
Students are required to use iLearn.
Unit Web Page
Course material is available on the learning management system (ilearn)
The web page for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/
Students are expected to read and research each topic in advance, participate in class /tutorial discussions and to maintain a strong interest in current issues and changes in workplace relations.
To pass the unit, students are required to complete and submit all assessments and attain a total mark (for the three assessments combined) equal to 50% of the available marks for the unit.
The tutorial activities have been updated to reflect more current employment relations issues and incidents.
Week |
Week Commencing |
Lecture Topic |
Text Chapter |
1 |
14 July |
What is employment relations? |
1 |
2 |
21 July |
Approaches to the study of employment relations |
2 & 3 |
3 |
28 July |
The changing context of Australian employment relations |
4 |
4 |
4 August |
The state |
5 |
5 |
11 August |
Management & employer associations |
6 |
6 |
18 August |
Trade unions |
7 |
7 |
25 August |
Non-union employee representation & participation |
8 |
8 |
1 September |
Statutory regulation |
9 |
9 |
8 September |
Bargaining structures and processes |
10 |
10 |
15 September |
Collective bargaining simulation |
Readings on iLearn |
11 |
22 September |
Industrial conflict |
11 |
12 |
29 September |
Employment relations & performance |
12 |
13 |
7 October |
Unit review and exam briefing |
All |
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Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
This unit uses research by Macquarie University researchers as well as from external sources. The unit gives you practice in applying research findings in your assignments.
Recommended resources:
E-Resources:
ABI/INFORM – comprehensive business database.
Business Source Complete – business resources for undergraduate/postgraduate use, with extensive archive of articles. Access to industry reports, market research reports, country reports & company profiles.
Emerald Fulltext – scholarly research in management.
Factiva – full text business and company information from major Australian and international news sources.
Related Databases:
AIMMAT: AIM Management & Training Database – a source for Australian, New Zealand and South East Asian articles on management and training. Includes many case studies.
Informit – Australasian content on social, economic and political issues.
Proquest ANZ Newsstand – provides full text of Australian and New Zealand newspapers, except the AFR.
Relevant Journals:
Australian Bulletin of Labour
Journal of Australian Political Economy
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Economic and Labor Relations Review
HR Monthly
International Journal of Employment Studies
Journal of Industrial Relations
Labour and Industry
New Technology, Work and Society
People Management
Research and Practice in Human Resource Management
Work and Occupations
Work, Employment and Society