Question 1

Implementing a new strategy for labor-management relations is difficult.What challenges does an organization that wants to make a change face and what are some of the strategies it might use to overcome resistance?

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Question 2

What are the problems associated with nonunion committees designed to provide an outlet for employee participation?

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Question 3

What is job control unionism and how does it address the problems associated with management practices stemming from scientific management?

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Question 4

Describe the four types of flexibility that are emphasized by businesses today.What are the employee concerns associated with each type of flexibility?

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Question 5

How does the traditional model of job control unionism conflict with the need for greater flexibility?

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Question 6

Summarize Canada's experience with nonunion employee representation plans.How have these plans affected the Canadian labor movement?

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Question 7

Explain how scientific management principles have influenced the nature of labor-management relations in the U.S.

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Question 8

Probably the most ambitious and successful labor-management partnership in the U.S.is the ______________ Labor-Management Partnership.

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Question 9

What criteria does a nonunion employee committee or representation plan need to meet to be considered legal under the NLRA?

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Question 10

As the Director of HR at a unionized Midwestern precision auto parts manufacturing plant,you have been asked by the new CEO to examine the current mass production process and make suggestions for improving efficiency and accuracy of the products.The CEO is open to any an all suggestions that you might have for doing this and has indicated that she is a strong believer in employee participation.You have determined that there is a great deal of untapped potential in the knowledge,skills,and abilities of your current workforce and would like to generate greater employee participation and involvement in the company as a way to utilize this talent.Discuss the various types of employee involvement programs and make a decision as to which you will recommend to the CEO.

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Question 11

The _______________________________decision was a 1992 Supreme Court ruling that said using management-controlled committees of workers in collective bargaining was a violation of the NLRA.

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Question 12

Creating a more cooperative environment for management and labor through attitudinal structuring,integrative bargaining,etc. ,is known as a __________________________________strategy.

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Question 13

Summarize the efforts at the Saturn plant in Spring Hill,Tennessee to forge a new relationship between management and labor by using self-directed work teams.Why do you think the Saturn experiment failed?

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Question 14

Evaluate the following statement: Due to changes in the environment of business and labor relations since the early 1970s,U.S.business can no longer afford to rely on traditional mass manufacturing methods of management.How has the environment changed and what challenges do these changes pose for the future?

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Question 15

What is meant by labor-management partnerships and what challenges do they pose for unions?

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Question 16

The _______________________________ was introduced in Congress in 1995 to explicitly exclude labor-management committees that do not seek to negotiate collective bargaining agreements from Section 8(a)(2) of the NLRA.

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Question 17

Describe the various kinds of employee empowerment/involvement programs that have been implemented since the 1970s.How effective have these program been?

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Question 18

A _______________________________ is a formal initiative in which workers and union leaders participate in organizational decision making beyond the daily work-related decisions of employee empowerment or collective bargaining.

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Question 19

What is meant by the "escape,force,or foster change" strategies as ways to move toward a model of employee empowerment? Describe each strategy and discuss the challenges in fostering change.

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Question 20

Relocating a company's operations to avoid fulfilling bargaining obligations is known as a(n)____________ strategy.

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Quiz 10: Flexibility, Empowerment, and Partnership