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Subject Overview

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.

Knowledge and Skills

You can study areas such as:

- Organisational behaviour

- Employment relations

- Diversity at work

- Human resource management

- Business ethics

- Business and society

Potential Careers

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.

Schedule

Plan Schedules

Complete 120 points comprising:

  • 45 points from Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies Stage III Courses, and
  • At least 15 points from Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies, and
  • 0 to 60 points from Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Selected courses must include at least 75 points at level 300 or higher.

Additional Courses from the Bachelor of Arts major in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies

Complete at least 15 points from the following:

Courses from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Schedules

Complete 0 to 60 points from the following: