HRM512 Values and Conflict in Organisations (8)

CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

This subject explores the theories of morality and Western ethics and their application in the exercise of moral judgement within an organisational and/or business context. Typical ethical dilemmas that may be faced by employers and employees, including human resource managers, are highlighted and explored. This subject also deals with the theoretical bases, processes and organisational arrangements for dealing with conflict resolution in the workplace. Conflict resolution is the link between rationalising ethical decision making and the soundness of cooperative problem solving, expressed in conflict resolution, that is of benefit to the individual, workplace and the global community.

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Session 1
Distance	Wagga Wagga

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Enrolment restrictions:

Postgraduate students only

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to appreciate the nature of morality, through applying the main Western theories of ethics and the impact of these theories on ethical dilemmas faced by managers;
be able to explain the concepts and discuss the debate relating to corporate agency and the moral responsibility of organisations;
be able to identify and compare the characteristics and practices of an ethical and an unethical organisation in terms of its relations with all stakeholders;
be able to develop an understanding of the nature of conflict in organisations and discuss the intellectual foundations of conflict resolution;
be able to identify how the problem-solving model of conflict resolution (the win/win approach) can be utilised within an organisational or business setting; and
be able to identify and recommend organisational arrangements that need to be put in place when dealing with conflict resolution in the workplace.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

Finding a Philosophy and Theory. Topics include: The nature of morality and business ethics; Western theories of ethics and philosophy; and Moral judgments in human resource management.
People, Profit, Planet in action. Topics include: Corporate agency and moral responsibility; Organisational ethics and relations with staff; and Organisational ethics and relations with the community.
Applied Philosophy and application. Topics include: The nature of conflict; The intellectual foundations of conflict resolution; The skills associated with the co-operative problem-solving model of conflict resolution; and Organisational arrangements for dealing with conflict resolution in the workplace.

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