Instructor: Robert Hickey
Delivery: In-Person
Term: Fall 2024
Course Description: This is a survey course designed to introduce students to contemporary challenges and the primary academic fields in the study and practice of employment relations: human resource management, organizational behaviour, labour relations, negotiations and conflict resolution, labour and employment law, and workplace and labour market policies.
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and describe the core academic fields that study and inform the practice of employment relations.
- Describe the role of Human Resource Management in organizations.
- Assess the contributions of organizational behavior to the practice of employment relations.
- Describe the characteristics of employment relations in unionized workplaces.
- Identify the sources of labour and employment legislation.
- Describe the key features of workplace policies and governance in Canada.
Learning Hours: 120 (24 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 12 Online Activity, 72 Private Study)
Grading Scheme:
Detailed descriptions of each assignment, including the rubrics used for evaluation, are available on the course onQ website under the assignments tab.
| Interview Family Member or Friend About Work | 10% |
| Personal Reflections About Work (#1) | 15% |
| Personal Reflections About Work (#2) | 15% |
| Podcast Analysis | 20% |
| Final Paper | 30% |
| Course Participation | 10% |
Prerequisites: None
Exclusions: None