Additional Readings

Australian Mines and Mineral Association (AMMA) 2007, ‘Employee Engagement – A lifetime of Opportunity’.

Befort, S. and Budd, J. (2009) Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives: Bringing Workplace Law and Public Policy into Focus, Stanford University Press.

Blanpain, R (2010) ‘Comparativism in labour law and industrial relations’ in R. Blanpain (ed), Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialised Market Economies, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 10th Edition, pp. 3-24.

Bray, M, Waring, P, Cooper, R and Macneil, J (2014). The study of employment relations: Analytical tools, Chapter 2 in Employment Relations: Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). Sydney: McGraw-Hill. Some of the material from this chapter (from Part 1) is also referenced.

Fox, A (1966) ‘Management’s Frame of Reference’, excerpt from Industrial Sociology and Industrial Relations, Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employer Associations, Research Papers 3, HMSO, London, Part 1, pp.2-14 in A. Flanders (ed) (1969) Collective Bargaining, Penguin, Harmondsworth, p.390-409

Fox, A (1973) Industrial Relations: A social critique of pluralist ideology, in J. Child (ed) (1973) Man and Organization. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. pp. 185-233

Gall, G (2003), ‘Marxism and Industrial Relations’ in P. Ackers and A. Wilkinson (eds) Understanding Work and Employment: Industrial Relations in Transition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 316-24.

Heery, E. (2015), ‘Frames of reference and worker participation’, in S. Johnstone and P. Ackers (eds), Finding a Voice at Work? New Perspectives on Employment Relations. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Chapter 2.

Hyman, R (1975), Industrial Relations: A Marxist Introduction, Macmillan, London.

Kaufman, B (2004) ‘Employment Relations and the Employment Relations System: A guide to theorizing’ in B. Kaufman (ed) Theoretical Perspectives on Work and the Employment Relationship, IRRA, Illinois (see p. 59 for short discussion on the role of History)

Kaufman, B (2015), ‘The future of employee voice in the USA’, in S. Johnstone and P. Ackers (eds), Finding a Voice at Work? New Perspectives on Employment Relations. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Chapter 13 (especially pp. 279-282).

Kelly, J (1998), Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilization, Collectivism and Long Waves, Routledge, London.

Kochan, T (1998), ‘What is distinctive about industrial relations research?’ in K. Whitfiled and G. Strauss (eds) Researching the World of Work, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, pp. 31-45.

Lyons, T (2013), Cause and Effect, Means and Ends, Seeds and Fruit: Reflections on Role, History and Future of Labour Law Reform. Paper to the 21st Labour law Conference, Workplace Research Centre and Law School, Sydney University.

Moore, B and Gardner, S (2004), ‘HR Managers, SHRM and the Australian metals mining sector: Embracing the unitarist vision’, Asia pacific Journal of Human Resources, 42 (3), pp. 274-300.

Purcell , J (1992), ‘Human resource management – implications for teaching, theory, research and practice in industrial relations’, Proceedings of the IIRA 9th World Congress, Vol. 3, Sydney.

Wailes, N., Wright, C, Bamber, G. & Lansbury, R (2016) ‘Introduction: An internationally comparative approach to employment relations’, in Bamber et al. (eds), International and Comparative Employment Relations, SAGE, London, 6th Edition, Chapter 1.

Whitfield, K. Delbridge, R & Brown, W (1999): Comparative research in industrial relations: helping the survey cross frontiers, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 10 (6), pp. 971-980.

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Discussion: Values in Action

Please begin by introducing yourself and telling us a bit about your background (Note: This does not form part of the assessment or word count – it would just be good to know!)

Exercise: “Values in Action: Walmart versus Costco”

TASK:

You may have seen many stories in the media about the actions of CEOs/management at both Walmart and Costco. Do an on-line search for information about management behaviour at both companies.

 (a) How would you characterize the values of management at both Costco and Walmart? Why? Provide an example to prove each case.

 (b) Does your analysis of values help you to understand the different approaches taken by management at these two organisations? How?