Course Title: Manage industrial relations

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5302

Course Title: Manage industrial relations

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 80.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM6407C	City Campus	TAFE	650T TAFE Business	Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term2 2013

Course Contact: Tim Wallis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423

Course Contact Email: timothy.wallis@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This course applies to individuals with a well established, sound theoretical knowledge base in human resources management and industrial relations who are proficient in using a range of specialised technical and managerial techniques to plan, carry out and evaluate their own work and/or the work of a team.

They may or may not have responsibility for supervising the work of others but are authorised to oversee industrial relations in the organisation. However they will have knowledge of current industrial relations trends and legislation.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	BSBWRK509A Manage industrial relations
Elements:	1. Develop industrial relations strategies/policies
	2. Implement industrial relations strategies/policies and plans
	3. Manage negotiations, conflict and disputes

Learning Outcomes

Thiscourse delivers the skills and knowledge required to manage industrial relations matters within an organisation, with day to day involvement.

It includes strategic planning and policy development for industrial relations as well as negotiation, conflict management and dispute resolution.
 

Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.

Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.