Asquithian, please spare us your generalisationsOriginally posted by Asquithian
usyd use the old theory from thw 1950s..thats well...shit ...
but they havnt come up with their own yet
unsw has a theory called the orbits theory of IR
usyd uses the old harvard one ...made i nthe 50s...essentially the orbits theory is a modern version of the harvard one ...but usyd keeps slandering it ...we had to write an essay on it ...and well the orbits theory can pretty much explain anything in the universe !!!
Firstly, its the HRM school that focuses on the harvard approach in their units, not the IR school
1st year IR exposes students to an array of conceptual frameworks including Dunlop's systems theory, strategic approach and (god forbid) orbit theory etc...
There's also great emphasis placed on historical progression of labour-management-state relationship including the works of Taylor, Mayo, Maslow (yes...the triangle guy) and a shitload of other pioneers of the industrial era
Usyd IR is not as rigid and archaic as you make it out to be...