Programs and courses
Employment relations
This study area will enable you to develop your understanding of key policy formulation, negotiation and implementation matters relating to the employment relationship in dynamic contexts. It encompasses workplace and institutional practices and strategies, employment law, training and development, equal employment opportunity, negotiation and dispute resolution. This program integrates current theory and practices within the broad area of people management. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on many organisations and government employment relations strategies, as well as learning more broadly about the diversity of strategies available to all organisations.
Industrial relations
If you're interested in the role of trade unions, how management liaise with their workforce or helping people to succeed in their own careers, then a degree in industrial relations is for you. You will gain an appreciation of labour market issues and laws; negotiations including collective and individual bargaining; wage and payment systems; and the complex interrelationships between employers, employees and unions. In the current environment of workplace reform, experts in industrial relations are more sought after than ever before.