On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Describe the purposes and roles of workplace change both in Australia and other countries;
2. Evaluate the importance of consultative processes and the effectiveness of particular mechanisms in the workplace change context;
3. Contrast traditional approaches to the industrial relations of workplace change with key elements of an employee engagement focus to be able to analyse the implications of workplace change proposals;
4. Advocate an approach to workplace change problems in complex and changing circumstances to make strategic contributions;
5. Identify global and international issues that affect the industrial relations of the workplace change processes.

- workplace change and The external environment: regulation and policy influences
- workplace change and The Internal environment: management styles and prerogatives
- workplace change and Collective representation: Productivity and flexibility
- workplace change through Bargaining and Negotiation
- workplace disputes: causes, avoidance and Resolution
- employee voice: employee engagement and performance
- Product markets and international best practice
- industrial relations, HRM and Measuring for evaluation