This course engages students in the critical analysis of the major theories and concepts of work and organisations and their application to the understanding of everyday work, the changing nature of work and labour relations. The course will explore the history and origins of work and labour relations during and after the industrial revolution into the current knowledge-based workplace. Topics will include: Theories and concepts of industrial relations; Institutions of industrial relations; Working conditions and worker behaviour; Globalization, neo-liberalism and labour/work change; Formal and informal employment and labour relations; the organization of work and patterns of employment; transformation of work  and labour process as well as social change.