Courses run for 10 weeks each, and are either 2 consecutive hours, or 3 consecutive hours per week. Part-time students attend the University for 2 years, one day per week during academic terms. Courses 1 - 5 are taught in the first year with two courses being taught on one day per week in terms 1 and 2, and one course being taught on one half day per week in term 3. Courses 6-9 are taught in the second year, with two courses being taught on one day per week in terms 1 and 2. This course introduces students to theoretical and practical issues concerning the development of systematic assessments and monitoring of individuals abilities, potential and performance.
Employee Relations Explores the institutional context of work.
The course considers the nature of employee relations and the manner in which they are reflected in and shaped by factors ranging from occupational culture and structure, through management and worker organizations to state regulation. This course adopts a 'user centred' approach to evaluate the impact of different working environments on the operator. The course focuses on 'The Design of Environments and Work' , 'Human Machine Interaction' and 'Decision Making'. The course considers how workplaces can be designed to optimise human performance, comfort and safety, and the role of physical, psychological and social factors in human decision making. The nature, structure and basic control mechanisms of organizations are studied within an integrating framework which also considers individuals work and performance.