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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

MJRU-INDRE v.1 Industrial Relations Major (BCom)


Introduction

Provides students with a foundation of knowledge, insights and abilities required of managers in a wide range of sectors, industries, and functions. The major will help you prepare for working as a manager in small businesses, as well as in medium and larger local and multinational enterprises. It will also prepare you for work in non-profit organisations and the public sector.



Major/Minor/Stream Organisation

The combinations being supported are: Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations.


Major Learning Outcomes

1. select and apply theories, concepts and techniques to describe, understand, analyse and evaluate management issues and problems

2. think critically and creatively to generate solutions to management problems and apply logical and rational processes to make decisions

3. access, evaluate and synthesise information from multiple sources to make valid and supported judgments about management issues

4. communicate in ways appropriate to the management discipline for various audiences and contexts

5. use and apply technologies, recognizing their advantages and limitations when applied to management

6. take responsibility for their own learning by demonstrating initiative in finding new information and actively participating in varied learning experiences

7. think globally and consider management issues from a variety of perspectives

8. actively support the value of cultural diversity in improving business and professional practice

9. demonstrate leadership, ethical practice and professional integrity when working within a team and independently


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 2 Semester 1
MGMT3016 v.1   Asian Management 3.0 25.0
MGMT3006 v.1   Business Ethics 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 2
BLAW2011 v.1   Safety and Environmental Health Law 3.0 25.0
BLAW3005 v.1   Practical Employment Law 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
MGMT3015 v.1   Industrial Relations in Asia-Pacific Region 3.0 25.0
MGMT3002 v.1   Managing Change 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
BLAW3007 v.1   Employment Advocacy 3.0 25.0
MGMT3008 v.1   Professional Practice in Management 3.0 25.0
  OR  
MGMT3010 v.1   Strategic Management 3.0 25.0
  50.0




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