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Industrial Relations
 Industrial Relations

Description

Industrial Relations focuses on the processes, relationships, institutions and public policies associated with paid employment in contemporary society.

The study of Industrial Relations is through the School of Organisation and Management. The School has research strengths in Industrial Relations and Labour History, encompassing the following areas of study:
  • the management of industrial and labour heritage
  • employer organisations and employability skills
  • social capital, diversity management and citizenship
  • political legal regulation of individuals within labour markets
  • industrial and employment relations of sport
  • new public sector management, labour market casualisation
  • labour market regulation, employers associations and industrial relations in Asia
  • racism and labour market regulation in the history of Australian industrial relations
Studying Industrial Relations at UNSW

The study of Industrial Relations at UNSW is primarily through the School of Organisation and Management (www.orgmanagement.unsw.edu.au). Please refer to the table below for a list of research programs available at UNSW.



Industrial Relations can be studied as 

Specialisation At the Level of Plan
Industrial Relations Research MGMTIR1605
Organisation and Management Research MGMTBR1605
   

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