MGF5471 International manufacturing This subject involves detailed analysis of selected international studies drawn from various sources covering issues of strategy and best practices in manufacturing and operations management. Students will be required to analyse the relevance of specific issues presented in Australian context. This subject provides students with an insight into the philosophical and practical issues associated wit human resource strategy formulation, with emphasis on human resource development and change management. Specifically, the subject looks at the impact of the external and global environment on human resource management and the role of the environment in formulating a corporate human resource management strategy. Strategic choices that organisations face in the areas of human resource planning, training and development and change management are examined.
Special emphasis is given to strategic management of workforce downsizing.
The emphasis in this subject is on in-depth analysis of leadership and management with a comprehensive examination of executive leadership. A number of issues including gender, ethics, strategy and leadership performance are examined. This subject is designed to provide students with an appreciation of the importance of industrial relations in the management of organisations - including private and public sector enterprises and trade unions. The approach used is to require students to consider the various strategic responses available to parties to industrial relations through a variety of means, including case studies, speakers and student presentations. This subject will include such issues as the changing shape of unionism in Australia and overseas and the lessons of the US case, strategic choice in industrial relations, employee participation, award restructuring and wages policy, occupational health and safety, fair and unfair dismissals, equal employment opportunity, legal remedies available to management, and political influences on industrial relations.