21720 Human Resource Management

This subject presents an introduction to the areas of industrial relations and human resource management. Topics covered include: historical steps in the development of the human resource function and the forces that have shaped its development; major functions of employment relations managers; the relationship between the human resource and industrial relations functions in the modern organisation; the nature of industrial relations and the contribution to understanding made by several conflict theorists; the structure and functioning of formal industrial relations; the form and function of the employer and employee organisations, parties to employment relations; and the nature of efficiency restructuring and enterprise bargaining and their impact upon the management of employment relations.

Note(s)

Prior to Autumn semester 2004, this subject was called Employment Relations.