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200571 Management
Dynamics
Written assignment #2: Employment Relations

(Graded; worth 10% of
total marks)

Purpose

This
assessment is the second of two that provides students with an exercise to
assist in their understanding of the employment relationship.In particular, how it can be characterised by
mutual dependence and conflicting interests, as well as how such conflicting
interests can be managed and regulated by stakeholders.

This
written assignment provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate your level
of information literacy and your ability to present a cogent and coherent piece
of writing that includes appropriate critical analysis relevant to the
assignment question shown below.In your
critical analysis you should consider the views of others and then argue their
contribution in terms of the employment relations issue outlined below.Completing this assignment will assist you to
achieve learning outcomes 8 and 9 of the unit.

Assessment

In this assessment
task you are required toread
the materials forWeek 6and those below
that relate to the Schweppes dispute and answer the question shown below.
Describe how the Unitarist and Pluralist
approaches to conflict would explain the positions of (a) management and (b)
unions in the Schweppes dispute. Identify which one of the approaches
provides the better explanation. Explain how you reached this conclusion.

The format of this assessment item should follow a
discussion essay format with a brief introduction, a body and a brief conclusion.For example, in your opening paragraph you
should state the position that you will take in terms of responding to the
question outlined above.For further
help on how to write an essay, see the ‘College of Business Essay/Report
Writing Guide’ which is available in the ‘Assessments’ folder on the Management
Dynamics vUWS site.

You also need to support any claims that you make
by referring to the sources you use. It would be expected that reporting of the Schweppes dispute would
be found in the media. It would be anticipated that material on unitarism and
pluralism would be sourced from peer-reviewed or scholarly sources.

Brigden, C 2012
‘Unions and collective bargaining’ in 2011’ Journal
of Industrial Relations, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 361-376.

We would suggest
that you read the short section on ‘Developments in Industrial Relations’ pp.
367-368 as this section provides some insights on the approach adopted by
Schweppes. The author links the approach taken by Schweppes to that taken by
Qantas. There is a short summary of the Qantas matter earlier in the article.

Hannan, E and
O’Brien, A 2012 ‘Firms get Qantas ‘bottle’ as Schweppes locks out 150’, The Australian, 16 December 2011

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/firms-get-qantas-bottle-as-schweppes-locks-out-150/story-fn59noo3-1226223391231,
Accessed 26 August 2013

Schneider, B 2012 ‘Schweppes
locks out 150 workers’, The Age,16
December 2011

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/schweppes-locks-out-150-workers-20111215-1owu2.html,
Accessed 26 August
2013

Teh, J and Trew S 2012
‘Australia: The Schweppes strategy: using a lockout to end employee industrial
action’,

http://www.mondaq.com/australia/x/175180/Employment+Litigation/The+Schweppes+strategy+using+a+lockout+to+end+employee+industrial+action,
Accessed 26 August 2013

Length

650 words (± 65
words). Given the short length of this
assessment item you should aim to be clear and concise in your writing in order
to adhere to the word limit. Avoid lengthy descriptions, particularly of any
material presented in lectures, in your text or from other sources.Do not use direct quotations but rather
paraphrase what is discussed in your sources.
Note this word count does NOT
include the words used to compile your ‘References’ section at the end of your
submission.

Format

Acknowledgement of any information sources must
occur through using an in-text citation as well as a reference entry in the
‘References’ section at the end of the essay for each source used.For more information on formatting citations
and reference entries go to ‘Referencing & Citation’ on the UWS Library
Website by clicking on the following link:

http://library.uws.edu.au/citing.php

The essay should be well-formatted with discussion
of one idea in each paragraph.The
language used should be formal rather than informal and should also be both
clear and grammatically sound.Your
written text should not include any spelling errors.If in doubt on either of these issues then
refer to the OWL website, which can be accessed by using the following link:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Presentation

1.
Make sure that you
insert your assignment into this assignment template before uploading to the Turnitin
assignment drop box.

2.
As you are adopting an essay format for this
assessment, you should NOT
use headings or sub-headings.

3.
Entries should be put into the footer where
requested by this template.

4.
The font to be used for this assignment is either Arial
or Times New Roman script, 12 point font size, 1.5 line spacing, and left
justified.

5.
You also need to familiarise yourself with the
Academic Misconduct Policy regarding plagiarism and collusion.

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