IRHR3040
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
To address business problems, the key is not just to solve them short term but to employ the most sustainable, workable and productive solutions. This course analyses negotiation, mediation and advocacy from a theoretical basis to practical application. It addresses issues in the immediate workplace and in the wider system of enterprise bargaining, awards, and industrial tribunals. Topics include: the nature and sources of conflict, the skills of negotiation, mediation and advocacy, distributive bargaining and interdependence, planning and strategy, communication and persuasion, power in negotiations, third party intervention and the ethics of negotiation and advocacy. Adopting a problem and experiential based learning approach using relevant cases and experiences, the course emphasises the importance of communication and emotional intelligence as essential attributes within the context of Australian workplaces. Due to the nature of teaching methods, enrolments in this course will be limited to a maximum of 40.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Newcastle City Precinct
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Incorporate and apply both the language and theory underpinning negotiation, mediation and advocacy.
2. Develop and implement the skills required for strategy formulation, planning and research for negotiating and advocacy.
3. Apply and evaluate skills in the practice of negotiating and advocating at the workplace and in contexts relating to workplace employment relations.
4. Engage in effective research and communication processes both individually and collaboratively.
5. Utilise construction, connection and reflection processes to direct negotiation knowledge and application.
Content
The following topics are included in the course:
- The nature of negotiation
- Concept of Interdependence
- Strategy and Tactics in Bargaining
- Negotiation Planning
- Third Party Interventions
- Research techniques in case preparation
- Communication and Persuasion
- Individual Differences and Ethics
- Power and social Structure
- Contexts of Advocacy
- Planning and Strategy for Advocacy
Assumed knowledge
IRHR2010 Introduction to Industrial Relations
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Short essay questions
Proposal / Plan: Negotiation Plan and Research Dossier (Group assignment)
Essay: Reflective essay
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct
Integrated Learning Session-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Students are expected to complete 4 hours of guided learning via online preparation, lectures, interactive workshops, tutorials, discussion groups or self-directed learning and an additional 6 hours of independent study per week.
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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