Citation and Industrial Relations Assignment
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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, HOSPITALITY, AND TOURISM STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, IR & OHS
HRM602 – MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
ASSIGNMENT ONE
Instructions:
• Follow the outline provided in order to compile your assignment
• Your assignment should be typed in Times New Roman and a front size of 12 with 1.5 line spacing and the text should be justified. • Assignment Due Date: Week 5, 15th July, 2011, 5.00 p.m. No assignments will be accepted after 5pm.
• Assignment should be submitted with the cover sheet and plagiarism statement.
• You will need to submit a hard copy of your assignment as well as a softcopy.
ASSIGNMENT ONE: INDIVIDUAL
Due to the continuing globalization, regional economic integration, technological changes, management alteration and the government reform and restructuring including labour reform policies, many changes are taking place in the field of labour market and employment relations.
Keeping above in mind, identify and analyze the various emerging and recent issues and trends in the developed and developing nations such as South Pacific Island Countries labour markets and employment relations based on the cases reported in the press and media and online publications, national/regional or international reports as well as recent Industrial Relations Journals.
You need to bifurcate the discussion from the traditional and historical times of industrial relations to existing major issues in the employment relations, for example – labour standards, new employment practices, employers’ attitude towards trade unions, status of trade union movement and density, public policy on labor matters, trends in industrial disputes, collective bargaining, employers’ associations, joint consultation and tripartite bodies, workers victimization and discrimination, strikes and lockouts, etc. You may confine your assignment to few issues and have a thorough analysis or cover as many issues as
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, HOSPITALITY, AND TOURISM STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, IR & OHS
HRM602 – MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
ASSIGNMENT ONE
Instructions:
• Follow the outline provided in order to compile your assignment
• Your assignment should be typed in Times New Roman and a front size of 12 with 1.5 line spacing and the text should be justified. • Assignment Due Date: Week 5, 15th July, 2011, 5.00 p.m. No assignments will be accepted after 5pm.
• Assignment should be submitted with the cover sheet and plagiarism statement.
• You will need to submit a hard copy of your assignment as well as a softcopy.
ASSIGNMENT ONE: INDIVIDUAL
Due to the continuing globalization, regional economic integration, technological changes, management alteration and the government reform and restructuring including labour reform policies, many changes are taking place in the field of labour market and employment relations.
Keeping above in mind, identify and analyze the various emerging and recent issues and trends in the developed and developing nations such as South Pacific Island Countries labour markets and employment relations based on the cases reported in the press and media and online publications, national/regional or international reports as well as recent Industrial Relations Journals.
You need to bifurcate the discussion from the traditional and historical times of industrial relations to existing major issues in the employment relations, for example – labour standards, new employment practices, employers’ attitude towards trade unions, status of trade union movement and density, public policy on labor matters, trends in industrial disputes, collective bargaining, employers’ associations, joint consultation and tripartite bodies, workers victimization and discrimination, strikes and lockouts, etc. You may confine your assignment to few issues and have a thorough analysis or cover as many issues as