2001DSE: MANAGEMENT - EMPLOYEE RELATIONSResearch essay (individual)DEGREE OF CHOICE OF EMPLOYERS IN THE CONDUCT OF RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES AND UNIONSTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction: 3The choice of the employer in relations with employers and employees: 31. Current employee power level: 42. Potential benefit from a mutually agreeable relationship: 53. Employment rights issues: 64. Potential harm from the employer's practice of dictating the relationship: 8Conclusion: 8Introduction: The relationship between employers, employees and unions has always been a vital aspect for the profitability and growth of a company. If there is harmony between the two entities, then the business thrives and is able to achieve its goals and objectives very effectively and efficiently. Our essay will attempt to resolve the question of whether employers have some degree of choice in determining how they plan to manage their relationships with their employees and unions. With the question at hand, our essay will develop the argument that employers do not possess a degree of choice in how they seek to manage their relationships with their employees and unions. Our essay will primarily focus on the education sector in Australia, with an emphasis on the university level. Australian academic institutions are marked by employers, employees, which primarily include faculty and other non-teaching staff, and unions that work to protect employee rights. We will focus on the activities of the NTEU as well as the role of unions in Australian universities. Our essay will be based on the argument regarding the level of employee power that is present in the organization today...... middle of article ......urce Management. 5th ed. Australia: John Wiley and Sons. 412.Teicher, J; Holland, P; Gough, R (2002). EMPLOYEE RELATIONS MANAGEMENT: AUSTRALIA IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT. Sydney: Prentice Hall. 154-187.Van Barneveld, K; Nassif, R. (2003). Motivations for the introduction of Australian workplace agreements. Available: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-115346132/motivations-introduction-australian-workplace.html. Last accessed May 20, 2010. Weller, S; Van Gramberg, B. (2007). Managing workplace change in the Australian higher education sector: a study of employee participation provisions in workplace agreements. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 29 (2), 173-184.Wood, J; Wallace, J; Zeffane, R; Champan, J; Fromholtz, M; Morrison V (2004). Organizational behavior: a global perspective. 3rd ed. Australia: John Wiley and Sons. 355-356.