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1 online resource (606 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents in full; About the authors; About the previous authors; Acknowledgments; Preface; E-student; E-instructor; Highlights of this edition; Text at a glance; Using the stories, reports, cases and questions; PART ONE Theory and context; Chapter 1 What is employment relations?; Learning objectives; Introduction; Commonsense, industrial relations and employment relations; Examples of employment relations situations; The nature of the employment relationship; The distinctiveness of employment relations; Concluding observations; Summary; Discussion questions |
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ER NewsWorkers vote to accept three-year wage freeze; Case Study; Changes at an Australian shipyard; Chapter 3 The study of employment relations: values; Learning objectives; Introduction; Understanding values: a taxonomy; Unitarism; Pluralism; Radicalism; The limits: values are not everything!; Concluding observations; Summary; Discussion questions; Bibliography; ER News; Growing influence of the Institute of Public Affairs; Model employment relations; Work Story; Conflicting values among managers; Case Study; Values and the 2011 Qantas dispute; PART TWO The parties; Chapter 4 The state |
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Learning objectivesIntroduction; The structure of the state; The legislature; The executive; The judiciary; The functions of the state; Patterns of state intervention in Australia; The state as employer; Concluding observations; Summary; Discussion questions; Bibliography; ER News; Liberal and Labor on IR; Pizza as pay: La Porchetta restaurant owner may face big Fair Work fine; QNU secretary, Beth Mohle, to address SC protest rally today as State Government advertising campaign gets underway; KPMG report proves hospital staffing is a key savings target; Work Story |
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The 'new' public sector management at Happy Valley CouncilCase Study; The Fair Work Commission intervenes in a bargaining dispute; PBL Case; How do we design an internship program?; Chapter 5 Management and employer representatives; Learning objectives; What is management?; Management goals and structures in employment relations; The role of employer associations; The management and control of labour; Business strategies and employment relations; Production strategies and employment relations; High-performance work systems and employment relations |
Bibliography |
BibliographyER News; Grocon and the CFMEU; RMIT academics and happiness at work; Work Story; Individual contracts and change at PastaCo; Absenteeism at Happy Valley local council; Uneasy times at Seaside Restaurant; Case Study; Working life at MailCo; Chapter 2 The study of employment relations: analytical tools; Learning objectives; Introduction; What is theory?; Describing patterns of employment relations; Explaining patterns of employment relations; Concluding observations; Summary; Discussion questions; Bibliography; Work Story; Just tell it as it is!; How could it be so different? |
Notes |
Challenges to effective employment relations practice |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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Author |
Waring, Peter
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Cooper, Rae
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Macneil, Johanna
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ISBN |
9781743079072 |
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1743079079 |
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