WORK6018International Industrial RelationsSemester SummerWORK 6018UOS OutlineSUMMER.docx

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WORK6018InternationalIndustrialRelationsSemesterSummerWORK6018UOSOutlineSUMMER

WORK6018

InternationalIndustrialRelations

SummerSchool,2010

UnitofStudyOutline

Lecturer:

ProfessorRussellLansbury

Phone:

9351-3119,Email:

r.lansbury@econ.usyd.edu.au

Office:

InstituteBuilding（H03）,Level4,Rm413

Tutor:

PeterHarley

Email:

harlquin@

ConsultationTimes:

byappointment.

Classes:

2to18December2009

Time（s）:

9:

30–5:

30（seescheduleofclasses）

Venue:

NewLawSchoolLectureTheatre106andNewLawSchoolSeminarRooms.

NB.Pleasenotethat:

1.RussellLansburywillbeoverseasfrom7-11December2009.AnyqueriesduringthisperiodshouldbedirectedbyemailtoPeterHarley（coursetutor）.

2.NeitherRussellLansburynorPeterHarleywillbeavailableforconsultationduringtheperiod19December2009–31Jan2010.

1.Unitofstudyinformation

1.1.FacultyHandbookdescription

Thisunitprovidesstudentswithinsightsintothedebateabouttheeffectofglobalisationonindustrialrelationsbyusingcomparativeanalysistoidentifytherangeoffactorsthataccountforsimilaritiesanddifferenceinnationalpatternsofindustrialrelations.Theunitfocusesonprovidinganunderstandingofthenatureofindustrialrelationspatternsindevelopedanddevelopingmarketeconomiesandinvitesstudentstocomparearangeofdevelopmentsacrossthesecountries.

1.2.Aimsandcontext

Setinthecontextofdebatesabouttheimpactofglobalisationandtheoreticalargumentswhichdistinguishbetweendifferenttypesofmarketeconomies,thisunitofstudyencouragesstudentstoexplorethecomplexrangeoffactorswhichshapehowemployersandemployeesrelatetoeachotheracrossarangeofdevelopedanddevelopingmarketeconomies.Italsointroducesstudentstosomeoftheinternationalinstitutionsandactorswhichinfluencenationalpatternsofindustrialrelations.Theunitofstudyisdesignedtoprovideanintroductiontothestudyofindustrialrelationsandhumanresourcemanagementcanbeincludedinaprogrammeofstudyoninternationalbusinessorcanbetakenasastandaloneunitofstudyinanybusinessandmanagementdegree.

2.Learningoutcomes,teachingandlearningactivities&assessment

2.1.Intendedlearningoutcomes

Bytheendofthisunitofstudy,studentsshould:

1.haveanunderstandingoftherangeoffactors（economic,historical,political,nationalandinternational）whichmayinfluencenationalindustrialrelationspatterns

2.befamiliarwithcontemporarydebatesaboutglobalisationanditsimplicationsfornationalpatternsofindustrialrelations

3.beabletocriticallyassessthevariousconceptualapproachestointernationalandcomparativeindustrialrelations

4.befamiliarwiththepotentialbenefitsofcomparativeanalysisforstudyingtopicsinindustrialrelations

5.beabletocommunicatetootherskeyfeaturesandissuesinindustrialrelationsinvariouscountriesstudiedintheunitofstudy

6.havecomparedoneormorecontemporarydevelopmentsinindustrialrelationsacrossvariouscountriescoveredintheunitofstudy.

Learningoutcomes1-4relatetothegraduateattributeofethical,socialandpoliticalunderstanding.Learningoutcomes5and6relatetocommunicationandinformationliteracy.

2.2.Learningandteachingactivities

Classes

Studentsareencouragedtoattendandparticipateinallclasses.Studentsarerequiredtomakeapresentationinseminars.

Studentswillbeallocatedtoseminarsinweekone.Seminarscommenceinweektwo.

Textbook

ThefollowingbookisrecommendedasatextforthisunitofstudyandisavailablefromtheCo-opbookshop:

Bamber,G.J.,Lansbury,R.D.andWailes,N.（Editors）（2004）InternationalandComparativeEmploymentRelations:

GlobalisationandtheDevelopedMarketEconomies,4thedition,Allen&Unwin:

Sydney.

RequiredandRecommendedreadings

Inadditiontochaptersfromthetextbook,studentsarerequiredtoconsultotherreadingsassociatedwitheachtopic.Unlessotherwiseindicatedthesearticlesareavailablefulltextonlinefromtheelectronicjournalholdingsofthelibraryandcanbeaccessedthroughthelibrarywebsite（http:

//www.library.usyd.edu.au/ejournals/ejalph.html）.Wherethelibrarydoesnotholdelectroniccopiesofjournalsorbooks,anelectroniccopywillbemadeavailableelectronicallythroughBlackboard.

ReadingsforSeminarPaper

Inadditiontothetextbookandreadings,studentswillberequiredtosearchforadditionalreadingsinbooksandjournals.

Blackboard

Blackboardwillbeusedtopostlecturenotes,readingsandhandoutsandtomakeannouncementsassociatedwiththisunitofstudy.Whenpossible,lectureoverheadswillbepostedonthedayofthelectureorsoonafterthelecture.Studentsareencouragedtocheckblackboardatleastonceaweek.

HowtogettoBlackboard

FacultyITwillsendyouanemailcontaininginstructionsforactivatingyourFacultyBlackboardaccount. Pleasecheckyouruniversityemail,andfollowtheinstructionsgiven. Onceyouhaveactivatedyouraccount,accessBlackboardinthefollowingmanner.

Startawebbrowserandopenhttp:

//blackboard.econ.usyd.edu.au

Onthispage,clickontheLoginbutton:

Login

LoginusingyourUniKeyaccountdetails

Afterlogin youwillseethepagewhichstatesallthecoursesthatyouareenrolledin（accordingtotheStudentInformationOffice） andareactivatedbyyourlecturers. Yourunitscantakeupto48hourstoappearinBlackboardafteryou’veenrolled. Ifyouloginafterthistimeanditstilldoesn’tappear,pleasecontacttheStudentInformationOffice.

2.3.Assessment

Studentperformanceinthisunitwillbeassessedasfollows:

AssessmentTask

Weighting

DueDate

1.Participation

20%

Participationandattendanceateachclass.

2.Seminarpaper

40%

Dueonthedayofpresentation.

3.Exam

40%

Monday1stFebruary2010

6:

00-8:

10pm

（NewLawSchoolSeminarRooms444and446）

Total

100%

2.4.Assessmentdetails

Theassessmentofwrittenworkisasfollows:

▪HighDistinctionHD85%andabove

▪DistinctionD75-84%

▪CreditC65-74%

▪HighPassHP58-64%

▪PassP50-57%

▪FailFBelow50%

Participation

Amarkoutof20%willbeallocatedbythelecturerbasedonastudent’sattendanceandparticipationintheunitofstudy.

SeminarPaper

▪Weighting:

40%

▪Length:

nomorethan3,000words

▪Due:

onthedayofpresentation.

Youaretheleaderofatradedelegationwhichisvisitingtwocountriesinwhichyourgovernmentisconsideringinvesting.Yourdelegationincludesrepresentativesfromthebusinesscommunityaswellastradeunions.Yourreportwill:

▪Dealwiththeindustrialrelationsenvironmentineachcountry.

▪Includeconsiderationofeachcountryfrombothanemployers’perspective（e.g.thelegalframeworkrelatingtoemployment）aswellasfromtheemployees’perspective（e.g.theirrightsatwork,freedomofassociation,collectivebargainingetc.）

▪Drawconclusionsabouttherelativemeritsofeachcountryinrelationtothesematters.

▪Provideevidenceforyourargumentsbasedonavailableliteratureonemploymentrelationsineachcountry.

Yourbriefingpaperwillbetypedindoublespacingandwillnotexceedthreethousand（3,000）words.Itwillincludeabibliographyofreferencesthatyouhaveused.Therewillbeanexecutivesummaryofnomorethanoneparagraphwhichoutlinesyourmainfindings（notincludedinthewordcount）.

Acopyofyourpaperwillbesubmittedatthetimeofyourpresentation,plussufficientcopiesofyourexecutivesummarytodistributetotheotherstudents.

Attheseminar,youwillbeinvitedtodiscussyourpaperandanswerquestionsfromthelecturerandstudents.

Failuretoeithersubmityourpaperontimeorattendtheseminarontheduedatewillmeanthatyouarerequiredtodoanewpaperandpresentation.

FinalExam

▪Weighting:

40%

▪120minutes

▪Essayformat

▪Date:

（datetobeconfirmed）

Thefinalexamwillbeheldonadatetobenotified.

Thedurationoftheexamwillbefor2hoursandstudentswillbeaskedtoanswer2questionsbasedoncountriescoveredduringtheunitwhichwerenotaddressedintheirseminarpaper.

AssessmentSubmissionProcedures

1.Seminarpaper–studentswillsubmittheirseminarpapertothelectureronthedayofpresentation.

CommencingstudentsshouldcompletetheacademichonestymoduleavailableviaBlackboardbeforetheirfirstassessmentsubmission.

Studentsmustcompleteandincludethe‘individualassessmentcoversheet’totheirseminarpapertostatethatthepapersaretheirownworkandtheymusthavecompletedtheacademichonestymoduleonBlackboard.

2.5.Workloadandminimumrequirements

AccordingtotheAcademicBoard,studentworkloadforsixcreditpointunitsequatestoanaverageof9-12hoursofstudenteffortperweekpersemesterandapproximately4,500-6,000words（orequivalent）ofstudentoutput.

AttheveryleastIexpectyouto:

a.attendthelectureandyourseminareachweek.

b.havereadatleastonechapterorarticlerelatedtothecountriesbeingdiscussedineachseminar.

2.6.Feedback

Studentscanexpectthefollowingfeedback:

1.Studentswillreceivecommentsandanevaluationwithintwoweeksoftheseminarwhentheymaketheirpresentations.

2.7.Academichonestyandplagiarism

CommencingstudentsshouldcompletetheacademichonestymoduleavailableviaBlackboardbeforetheirfirstassessmentsubmission.StudentsshouldrefertotheUniversity’spoliciesonacademichonestyandplagiarism（www.usyd.edu.au/policy）,theFaculty’sproceduresfordealingwithallegations（www.econ.usyd.edu.au/sio）andusetheassessmentcoversheet.

Academichonestyisimportanttop