Human resources

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - introduction
2. 2.1 Human Resource Planning - Notes
3. 2.1 Human resource planning - questions
4. 2.2 Organisational structure - notes
5. 2.2 Organisational structure - questions
6. 2.3 Communication - notes
7. 2.3 Communication - questions
8. 2.4 Leadership and management - notes
9. 2.4 Leadership and management - questions
10. 2.5 Motivation - notes
11. 2.5 Motivation - questions
12. 2.5 Motivation - simulations and activities
13. 2.6 Organisational and corporate cultures - notes (HL only)
14. 2.6 Organisational and corporate cultures - questions
15. 2.7 Employer and employee relations - notes (HL only)
16. 2.7 Employer and employee relations - questions
    1. Employee and employer associations - case study 1
    2. Employee and employer associations - case study 2
    3. Honda dispute in China
    4. Conflict at the University of NSW, Australia
    5. Women bosses in Norway
    6. Age discrimination
17. 2.8 Crisis management and contingency planning - notes
18. 2.8 Crisis management and contingency planning - questions
19. Printable version

Conflict at the University of NSW, Australia

Read the article Industrial dispute delays uni exam results (you can do this in the window below or follow the previous link to read the article in a separate window) and then consider answers to the questions below.

Question 1

Examine the main sources of conflict at the University of NSW

Question 2

Analyse the potential impact of the conflict on the university's image, operations and effectiveness.

Question 3

Evaluate strategies that the university could adopt to try to reduce the level of conflict.