Award restructuring, workplace reform and the changing nature of Australian Industrial Relations

The paper examines the changes taking place in Australian industrial relations. It takes as its starting point the policy objective of improving workplace productivity and examines the impact of reforms on this objective

Reflection-in-action as a collective process: Findings from a study in teaching students of negotiation

Real-time reflection-in-action is a critical capability for effective practitioners, just as the more common reflection-on-action is critical for learning. Reflective practice is typically regarded as an individual activity. However, to be an effective negotiator involves real-time reflection-in-action. Results from a Masters-level Negotiation unit show that reflection in negotiation contexts is emergent rather than sudden, is collective, and typically occurs in a break from the negotiation action. We develop the work of Schön and Yanow and Tsoukas to propose a framework of reflection-in-action that better fits the interactive context of negotiation and explore some implications for the teaching of negotiation and other similar professional situations

How pervasive is the "going rate"? Some behavioural insights into the process of enterprise bargaining

This paper examines the significance of information about "going rates" in the resolution of issues by negotiation

40Gbit/s high performance filtering for DWDM networks employing dispersion-free fibre Bragg gratings

Near penalty-free filtering with high bandwidth utilisation at 40Gbit/s is demonstrated for the first time using fibre Bragg gratings. When tested in a typical add-drop configuration a 100GHz dispersion-free Bragg grating show Q-penalty variations of less than 1.0dBQ over most of the 1dB reflection-bandwidth confirming its superior performance