Question 1

Multiskilling improves an individual's job security.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The organizational restructuring that began in the 1980s has been increasingly _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  hierarchy-oriented 
B)  team-oriented 
C)  employer-oriented 
D)  individual-oriented

Question 3

An organization that values employees who can assume new responsibilities quickly,enabling it thereby to readily accommodate changes in the demand for products,is most likely to consider which of the following traits the MOST advantageous?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enhanced negotiation skills 
B)  Adaptability 
C)  Nonunionized status 
D)  Broader skill sets

Question 4

Employee involvement (EI)programs influence firm performance more in unionized firms,while profit-sharing and gainsharing programs are better in nonunion firms in raising value added per employee.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following observations concerning AWLMCs is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They engage in collective bargaining. 
B)  They are most often a response to significant regional employment problems. 
C)  They form multiemployer bargaining units. 
D)  They form multiunion bargaining units.

Question 6

A contract is normally based on the assumption that current conditions will change during the length of the agreement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Discuss the impact of workplace restructuring in the past 35 years.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Perceived effectiveness of the grievance procedure is a stronger predictor of attitudes toward the union than of participation in employee involvement (EI)programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Since the early 1980s,cooperative initiatives outside contracts and integrative bargains within contracts have increased.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is true about gainsharing plans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The adoption of gainsharing plans is often followed by the suspension of productivity-related bonuses for employees. 
B)  Gainsharing plans tie periodic bonuses to labor productivity improvements. 
C)  The adoption of gainsharing plans is associated with greater ability and inclination of a firm to design frequent restructuring programs. 
D)  The employer is the actual and sole beneficiary of gainsharing plans.

Question 11

Why are employees generally risk-averse?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because they have an inherent dislike of risk 
B)  Because they are looking for the highest rate of return 
C)  Because their skills are often occupationally specific 
D)  Because their human capital is diversifiable

Question 12

Contracts negotiated using IBB were MORE likely to have which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreased work rule flexibility 
B)  Old pay arrangements 
C)  Joint committees 
D)  Individual-based work systems

Question 13

The survival of gainsharing plans is related to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  use of technology 
B)  capital inflow 
C)  bonus performance 
D)  value of import

Question 14

Which of the following observations concerning employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Workers automatically favor ESOPs for retirement planning. 
B)  Employees,in general,have always experienced an incremental rise in their shares' value. 
C)  ESOPs will not,in themselves,improve productivity. 
D)  ESOPs were first permitted by the Taft-Hartley Act.

Question 15

The relations by objectives technique brings union and management members together outside a negotiating setting to mutually plan actions to reduce future conflict.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Companies that implemented high-performance work organizations (HPWOs)during the early 1990s had lower layoff rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following increased employer power?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Norris-La Guardia Act 
B)  The Landrum-Griffin Act 
C)  The Wagner Act 
D)  The Railway Labor Act

Question 18

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)were first permitted by the _____ of 1974.

Accepted Answer

A)  Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
B)  Taft-Hartley Act 
C)  Employee Stock Ownership Act 
D)  Norris La-Guardia Act

Question 19

Which of the following is associated with reduced productivity gains?

Accepted Answer

A)  Top union leader participation 
B)  Technology changes 
C)  Larger proportion of women in the workforce 
D)  Subcontracting

Question 20

Given management's long-standing antipathy toward unions,it is reasonable to expect collaboration only where:

Accepted Answer

A)  regulation forces it. 
B)  profit motive is absent. 
C)  unions take a militant stance. 
D)  improved performance is expected.

Exam 13: Union-Management Cooperation

Multiskilling improves an individual's job security.

The organizational restructuring that began in the 1980s has been increasingly _____.

An organization that values employees who can assume new responsibilities quickly,enabling it thereby to readily accommodate changes in the demand for products,is most likely to consider which of the following traits the MOST advantageous?

Employee involvement (EI)programs influence firm performance more in unionized firms,while profit-sharing and gainsharing programs are better in nonunion firms in raising value added per employee.

Which of the following observations concerning AWLMCs is true?

A contract is normally based on the assumption that current conditions will change during the length of the agreement.

Discuss the impact of workplace restructuring in the past 35 years.

Perceived effectiveness of the grievance procedure is a stronger predictor of attitudes toward the union than of participation in employee involvement (EI)programs.

Since the early 1980s,cooperative initiatives outside contracts and integrative bargains within contracts have increased.

Which of the following is true about gainsharing plans?

Why are employees generally risk-averse?

Contracts negotiated using IBB were MORE likely to have which of the following?

The survival of gainsharing plans is related to _____.

Which of the following observations concerning employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) is true?

The relations by objectives technique brings union and management members together outside a negotiating setting to mutually plan actions to reduce future conflict.

Companies that implemented high-performance work organizations (HPWOs)during the early 1990s had lower layoff rates.

Which of the following increased employer power?

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) were first permitted by the _____ of 1974.

Which of the following is associated with reduced productivity gains?

Given management's long-standing antipathy toward unions,it is reasonable to expect collaboration only where: