Managing Workplace Conflict & Change - LAWS8058
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740, 9230, 9211, 5211, 9235, 5235, 9231, 5231, 9220 or 5750.
Equivalent: JURD7558
Excluded: JURD7558
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM specialisation(s)
Corporate Commercial and Taxation Law
Dispute Resolution
Human Rights & Social Justice
Course Objectives
- Have gained a good appreciation of the competing models on workplace change and conflict;
- Have critically examined the approach of the key piece of federal legislation on point, the Fair Work Act;
- Have had the opportunity to consider a number of instructive case studies;
- Be better equipped to deal with or advise on the negotiation of change and the management of conflict in the workplace
Main Topics
- The makings of the great workplace;
- Understanding information-sharing, consultation and negotiations in the workplace;
- Competing, different and shared interests in the workplace;
- Approaches to the negotiation of change and the management of conflict in the workplace: a comparison of the adversarial and mutual gains (interest-based) models;
- The assumptions and architecture of the Fair Work Act in relation to negotiation and dispute resolution;
- Dealing with workplace grievances, including bullying and discrimination issues;
- Case studies on change, negotiations and conflict resolution in the workplace;
- Prospects for a fresh approach to change management and conflict resolution in Australian workplaces.
Assessment
Class presentation (20%)
Essay (60%)