Conjoint: BA/BGlobalSt major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies

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Employment Relations and Organisation Studies examines the nature of work, employment relationships and organisational life. It is concerned with how organisations function, how people work within them, and how they relate to their stakeholders and the wider environment. This includes organisations in the private sector, the public sector and the not-for-profit sector around the world. The subject helps people understand the role of management and includes activities that help to develop skills in managing people, teams and enterprises.

As part of a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies you can study areas such as:
- Organisational behaviour
- Employment relations
- Diversity at work
- Human resource management
- Business ethics
- Business and society

Graduates will join or encounter organisations, whatever their occupational field. Employment Relations and Organisation Studies helps people prepare for organisational life. It helps individuals develop the basis for a career in management, including as a team leader in a wide range of functions or as a specialist in human resource management, organisational development or corporate social responsibility.

You can take a major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies as one of your two BA majors (a double major).
You will need to pass at least 120 points (eight courses) towards each of your majors, including at least 45 points (three courses) at Stage III.

Complete 120 points comprising:

At least 15 points from Group 1 Elective Courses, and
75 to 105 points from Group 2 Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 45 points at level 300.

Group 1 Elective Courses

Complete at least 15 points from the following:

MGMT 211 - Understanding Organisations (15 points)

MGMT 223 - Understanding Work and People (15 points)

SOCIOL 208 - Economy and Society (15 points)

Group 2 Elective Courses

Complete 75 to 105 points from the following:

BUSINESS 151 - Communication in a Multicultural Society (15 points)

GENDER 101 - Gender: Global and Local (15 points)

GLOBAL 101 - Global Issues, Sustainable Futures (15 points)

SOCIOL 100 - Issues and Themes in Sociology (15 points)

SOCIOL 101 - Understanding Aotearoa New Zealand (15 points)

SUSTAIN 100 - Sustainability and Us (15 points)

ANTHRO 237 - Economy and Culture (15 points)

MGMT 211 - Understanding Organisations (15 points)

MGMT 223 - Understanding Work and People (15 points)

POLITICS 201 - Globalisation and International Organisations (15 points)

SCIGEN 201 - Innovating in a Knowledge Society (15 points)

SOCIOL 200 - Sociological Theory (15 points)

SOCIOL 208 - Economy and Society (15 points)

SOCIOL 210 - Colonisation, Globalisation and Social Justice (15 points)

SUSTAIN 200 - The Sustainable Community (15 points)

ANTHRO 374 - Economy and Culture (15 points)

COMLAW 314 - Employment Law (15 points)

GEOG 327 - Politics, Markets and Economies (15 points)

MAORI 335 - Mana Taketake / Indigenous Sovereignty and Public Policy (15 points)

MGMT 304 - HR Policy and Practice (15 points)

MGMT 309 - Organisational Ethics and Sustainability (15 points)

MGMT 314 - Critical Issues in Organisations (15 points)

MGMT 320 - Special Topic: Management and Games: Integrative Capstone (15 points)

SOCIOL 310 - Researching Social Problems (15 points)

SUSTAIN 300 - A Sustainable World (15 points)