Economics of Industry must be taken prior to, or concurrently with, this subj ect. It will be an advantage if students have taken, or are taking, Economic History Part I.
;SYLLABUS :
The Development of Personnel Management.
The formal structure of an organization : types and major problems of organization ; the scope and functions of management ; the co-ordination of management functions. The social structure of an organization : the dynamics of social groupings ; the relation of the social structure to the formal organiza- tion ; the organization and society. The personnel functions of management.
Some pioneers of personnel management : Owen, Taylor, Gantt, Gilbreth, Follett, Rowntree, the Western Electric Group. Contemporary theories of personnel management. Trends in Britain, U.S.A., and Australia.
The application of Personnel Мanag¡ement Principles to certain major features of administration.
Employment : budgeting staff needs, methods of recruitment, selection and placement, the conduct of job studies. The employment function in large and small organizations. Staff policy, trade practices and union attitudes with regard to transfers, promotions, and dismissals.
Induction of new employees. Principles of training : new employees, juveniles, supervisory staff. Training within industry programmes in Britain and U.S.A.
Lines and methods of communication between management and employees:
giving instructions, staff conferences, management-employee committees, fac- tory journals. Special problems of communication. Basic personnel records : their use in administration and research.
Principles of Industrial I-Iygiene affecting the planning of physical working conditions.
The physiological aims of ventilation : methods of natural and artificial ventilation.
Physiology of vision : industrial lighting standards.
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The effects, measurement and control of noise.
Working conditions and fatigue.
The prevention and control of occupational diseases. First-aid provisions and the functions of the medical officer in industry.
Booкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading;
M. S. Viteles--т1іe Scienгcе of Work. (Norton & Co.,N.Y., 1943.) Mass Observation--People in Proďuction. (Penguin Special, 1942.)
H. M. Vernon—The Health and Efficiency of Iunitioa Workers. (O.U.P.) G. E. Milward—An Approach to Маеаge;neat. (Macdonald & Evans, Lon-
don, 1946.)
(b) Prescribed text-books :
Urwick and Brech—Тhe Making of Scienti fìc лIа;zаgеsaeit, Vol. I. (Man- agement Publications Trust, London, 1945.)
C. H. Northcott—Personnel Management—Its Scope and Practice. (Pitman, London, 1945.)
Tead and Metcalf----Personnel Administration. (McGraw-Hill, N.Y., 1933.) H. E. Collier—Ouutlines of Industrial 31 еdicat Practice. Omitting Part III.
(Arnold & Co., London.)
(c ) Recommended for reference:
Urwick and Brech—The Making of Scientific Мanagеnte t, Vols. II and III.
(Management Publications Trust, London, 1946.)
Burleigh B. Gardner—Hainan Relations in Industry. (Richard Irwin, Chicago, 1945.)
Metcalf and Urwick—Dуnаm c Administration. The Collected Papers of .1.Iary Follett. (Management Publications Trust, 1941.)
D. Yoder—Personnel Management and I ndustrial Relations. (Prentice Hall, N.Y., 1944.)
Roethlisberger and Dickson—?llanауеment and the Worker. (Harvard, 1942.) G. S. Walpole- --!11alzagenzen t and Men. (Jonathan Cape, London, 1945.) S. D. Hoslett (ed.)—Hui uan Factors in a гаnпgeт;2eпt. (Park College Press,
Missouri, 1946.)
Publications of the Department of Labour and National Service (Australia).
ExAIINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Industrial Organization must be taken prior to, or concurrently with, this subject.
A course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the year.
The course has special reference to Australia.
SYLLAвvs. The problem of industrial relations, suggestions for its solution, and the methods followed by some of the principal countries to realize peace in industry ; the principles and practice of industrial regulation ; the evolution of wage control and the different forms of that control ; the evolution of the "basic wage" concept ; the constitution, functions and powers of Australian industrial authorities ; Australian arbitral awards and the changing basis of their determina- tion ; wartime changes in the practice of industrial control ; works councils and joint production committees ; the principle and practice of incentive payments ; the International Labour Organization ; factory and shop legislation ; apprentice- ship legislation ; legislation covering workers' compensation.
Baoкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading :
Mayo—I-Iunzaх Probleііzs ist an Industrial Civilisation. (Macmillan.) Foenander—Solgrog Labour Problems in Australia. (Melb. U.P.)
(b) Prescribed text-books:
Richardson—Industrial Relations in Great Britain. (International Labour Office.)
*Foenander---I dastrial Regulation in Australia. (Melb. UP.)
*Foenander—Wartime Labour Developments in Australia. (Meib. U.Р. )
*Conrsnonnwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1904-1947, and Amendments.
(Govt. Printer, Canberra.)
*Victorian Workers' Compensation Act, 1928, and Amendments. (Govt. Printer, M etb. )
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*Victorian Factories and Shop. Act, 1928, and Ayrmendments. (Govt. Printer, lelb.)
Other relevant legislation ; relevant regulations and awards ; articles in journals as indicated by the lecturer.
(c) Recommended for reference :
Higgins---А New Province for Law and Order. (Constable.) Anderson---Wage Fixation in Australia. (leib. U.P.)
Foenander—Towards I ndu,strial Peace in Australia. (leib. U.P.) lcNaughton—Tlie Develпpзizent of Labour Relations Law. (American Cоип-
cil on Public Affairs.)
Industrial law reports as indicated by the lecturer.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
MARKETING
(Economics Part I must be passed before this subject is taken.)
A course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the year.
Lectures in this subject will be given in 1950 and thereafter in alternate years.
SyLLАвv s. The economic basis of marketing ; marketing functions ; the middleman ; the marketing of agricultural, pastoral and horticultural products ; wholesale distribution—secondary products ; retail distribution ; co-operative mar- keting ; the warehouse in marketing ; organized produce markets ; transport in marketing ; market finance ; market research ; export marketing—secondary pro- ducts ; costs of marketing ; social control of marketing ; the marketing of the principal Australian primary products, wool, wheat, meat, butter, fruit.
Commodity boards, State and Commonwealth ; international commodity regu- lation schemes ; intergovernmental commodity control agreements ; United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Commercial policy ; tariffs ; treaties ; import and export quotas ; agreements ; exchange controls ; economic blocs, etc. ; United Nations International Trade Organization.
Вoокs. (a) Prescribed text-books :
Clark and Clark—Principles of Marketing. (Macmillan.) M. R. Bonavia-Eсonoiniсs of Transport. (Nisbet.)
League of Nations---Commercial Policy in the Past-War World.
Rural Reconstruction Commission-Coiiuuerсial Policy in Rclаtио to луг- cultu re. (Tenth Report.)
N. W. Towle--Intегn tiіoal Trade and Соті, ercial Policy. (Harper Bros.) Government and other reports and selected articles as indicated in lectures.
(b) Recommended for reference : J. G. Smith—Organizеd Produce Markets.
Copland and Janes—Australian Trade Policy.
League of Nations—Raw Material Problems and Policies.
Twentieth Century Fund—Does Distribution Cost Too Misch ? E. G. Mason---Controlling World Trade.
ЕxAmINAТioN. Two 3-hour papers.
PUBLIC AІІі\IINISTRATIQN
Economics Part I, must be passed before this subject is taken.
A course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the fear.
Lectures in this subject will be given in 1950 and thereafter in alternate years.
SYLLAЕUs. The theory of the State in administrative terms. The relations of Administration to the Legislature and the Judiciary. Budgetary procedure and financial administration. Principles underlying distribution of powers and functions between administrative agencies. Comparative analysis of forms of local government administration. Administration of public utilities. The develop- ment and problems of the Public Service.
The course will have special reference to public administration of the Com- monwealth, the States and the local governing bodies of Australia.
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Books. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading : Spender
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Тhe Government of Мankìпd. (Cassells.)Bland—Planning the Modern State. (Angus and Robertson.) (b) Prescribed text
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books :*White—Introrduction to the Study of Public Admťnistration. (Ilacшillan. )
*Вland—Government ire Australia. (Govt. Printer, Sydney.)
*Finer---The British Civil Service. (Allen and Unwin.)
or Gladden
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The Civil Service, its Problems and Future. (Staples. ) R. S. Parker---Public Service Recruitment in Australia. (le1b. U.P.) Dimmock—
British Public Utilities and National Development. (Allen acidUnwin.)
Special reference will be made in the lectures to the Journal of Public Adminis tration and other Journals.
(c) Additional for Honours:
Finer—Theory and Practice of Modern Government. (Methuen.) ЕxAmINAТroN. Two 3-hour papers.
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC НISTURY
ECONOMIC IJISTІRY PART I
A course of two lectures per week, with tutorial classes, throughout the Year.
SYLLAВus. The general principles of the evolution of industry and trade.
Outline of the economic history of England to 1760. The industrial revolution and its consequences in England. Modern economic history of England, France, Germany and the United States. The economic history of Australia in soma detail. fvlodern industrial tendencies.
Воокs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading : Ashley—Economic Drgarnisatian of England. (Longmans.) Shaw---The Economic Development of Australia. (Longmans, )
(b) Prescribed text
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books :Ashton
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The Industrial Revoluutionn. (H.U.L.)*Shaпn—An Economic History of Australia. (C.U.P.)
*Heaton—Еcоnоmiс History of Europe. (Harpers.)
*Faulkner---Economic History of the United States. (Мacmillan.)
*Fay—Great Britain from Adam Smith to the Present Day. (Longmaxs. )
*Bland, Brown and Tawney--English Economic History, Select Dоcu ітeпts.
(Bell.) .
Correspondence tuition is no longer available in this subject.
EXAMINATION. Inc 3-hour paper in November ; two examination tests of one hour each in first and second terms.