BUS222: Employee Relations

This unit provides an introduction to the Australian employment relations environment. Topics to be examined include the role of government, trade unions, management and employer associations, collective bargaining, industrial conflict, tribunal processes, and workplace negotiation. Theoretical perspectives are noted, and changing contexts for Australian employment relations are also discussed. This unit is part of the Human Resource Management and Management majors and minors.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 1 hour per week; workshops: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	C145/BUS145 Principles of Management or enrolment in the Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management or the Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.
School	School of Business
Unit Coordinator	Mr David Balfour Position: P/T Teaching Casual E-mail: D.Balfour@murdoch.edu.au Location: Phone: Prefix: +618
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Ms Natalie van der Waarden Lecturer in Commercial Law (n.vanderwaarden@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6018 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 3.021 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)