HR303 Employment Relations

Q1

Which of the following are outcomes of the decline of Collective Bargain. Select one or more:

a. Decrease of wage gap.

b. Increase of individual negotiation power.

c. Increase of wage inequality.

d. Increased trust between employers and trade unions.

e. Increase in wage dispersion.

f. Increase of individual payment and benefit.

Q2

Which of the following are outcomes of the decline of Collective Bargain. Select one or more:

a. Decrease of wage gap.

b. Increase of individual negotiation power.

c. Increase of wage inequality.

d. Increased trust between employers and trade unions.

e. Increase in wage dispersion.

f. Increase of individual payment and benefit.

Q3

According to Mumby (2005), Industrial Conflict is an effort to engage in some form of ( ) , ( ) or ( ) , routine or ( ) , in a specific context of established ( ) patterns and structures, including ( )of control.

Q4

According to Hyman (1989) Strike reflects the capacity of workers to act ( ) , to mobilize in pursuit of their interests through the vehicle of a trade union.

Q5

According to Atkinson and Meager functional flexibility is the adjustment of the workforce numbers in line with fluctuations in customer demand. Select one:

True

False

Q6

Pluralists see conflict as rational and inevitable. The main concern for pluralists is for conflict to be ( ) managed or Resolved through appropriate procedures. Select one:

a. Resolved

b. Understood

c. Eliminated

d. Disregarded

e. Managed

f. Redirected

Q7

Which of the following ideas informed Conservative government policy relating to employment regulation from 2010. Select one or more:

a. The government’s intent is to extend the breadth and depth of employment regulation.

b. Management should have the right to manage.

c. Business is too constrained by individual employment regulation, and it is undermining economic growth.

d. Collective bargaining is a sword of justice in the workplace.

e. Unions are subversive and cause of inflationary pressure, unemployment and restrictive practices.

f. Many individual employment rights claims are vexatious and false and part of a ‘compensation culture’.

g. All the above

Q8

By definition the non-union organisation operates within a ( )c framework, though there may be different varieties of ( ).

Q9

The UK economy has moved from staple manufacturing to service industries. This is characterized by: Select one or more:

a. Growth in non-standard employment and full time work.

b. Feminisation of the labour force.

c. Increase in ‘self-employment’.

d. Decrease of the wage gap.

e. Greater flexibility for employers.

f. All the above.

Q10

The approaches taken by unions to enable labour movement to recover some of its former political significance lost because of membership decline are called ( ) or revitalisation.

Q11

Which of the following is NOT associated with Fordism? Select one or more:

a. flexibility

b. standardization

c. routinization

d. mass production

Q12

The emphasis of the partnership union renewal model is on promoting ( ) relations between ( ) and unions on the basis that a union presence can help to ( ) business performance. The trade union partnership agenda is to a large extent a reflection of trade union( ).

Q13

Much each action below with the correct dimension of industrial conflict, as discussed by Hebdon and Noh (2013):

Action Individual/Collective Overt/Covert

Theft ( ) ( )

Turnover ( ) ( )

Wildcats ( ) ( )

Union Grievances ( ) ( )

Shrinking ( ) ( )

Q14

Globalization is associated with: Select one or more:

a. Increased bargaining power of workers.

b. Greater job insecurity.

c. Rise of greater insecurity at work.

d. Decline of precarious work.

Q15

According to Edwards (1979) management control remains unchanged between industries and societies and/or overtime. Select one:

True

False

Q16

Which of the following are part of the reason for decline of strike activity in the UK. Select one:

a. Rise of Non-standard forms of employment.

b. Rise of HRM and cooperative employment relations.

c. Emergence of service economy.

d. Austerity measures.

e. Globalization.

f. All of the above.

Q17

Which of the following are not objectives of a trade union. Select one or more:

a. Improving social security.

b. Achieving a fair share in income and wealth.

c. Improving the physical environment of work.

d. Giving customers a voice.

e. Improving terms of employment.

Q18

A bargaining unit refers to which of the following? Select one:

a. A single employer who recognises one or more trade unions for the purpose of collective bargaining.

b. A group of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

c. Collective bargaining that is confined to a single workplace.

d. Collective bargaining that is exclusive to union members and excludes non-union workers in an employing organisation.

Q19

Which of the following terms are not related to the phases of government’s activity in employment law. Select one or more:

a. Coalition Politics

b. ‘Thatcherism

c. The Third Way

d. Conservatism

e. Laissez-faire

f. Bargained Corporatism

g. Juridificationism

Q20

Which of the following are included in Atkinson and Meager’s (1986) flexibility model? Select one or more:

a. Organizational flexibility

b. Dynamic flexibility

c. Numerical flexibility

d. Labour flexibility

e. Functional flexibility

f. Labour market flexibilit

Q21

Friedman (1977) identifies two types of control, Direct control and Responsible Autonomy. Match each control with the managerial strategies:

Workers as machines ( )

Workers have freedom to adapt ( )

Cooperation ( )

Scientific Management ( )

Reciprocity ( )

Close supervision ( )

Q22

Which of the following are aims and objectives of a trade union? Select one or more:

a. To rectify the unequal balance of power within the labour market and the employment relationship between individual sellers and buyers of labour.

b. To protect and enhance the living standards of their members.

c. Protect workers against difficulties and problems that arise during their working life.

d. To create an environment of unity and harmony in organizations aiming for the prosperity of the business.

e. The collective representation of their members and bargaining over pay and conditions.

f. To improve public or social services, achieving full employment or national prosperity.

g. To support the individual representation within the workplace.

h. All the above.

Q23

Which of the following are core characteristics of the employment relationship: Select one or more:

a. The indeterminacy of the labour.

b. The symmetry of power resources of the actors involved.

c. The co-existence of conflict and cooperation.

d. All the above.

Q24

Select which of the following statements are correct or incorrect.

The decline of manufacturing and male dominated, highly unionized sectors has led to decline in union membership and therefore the emergence of non-unionism in the UK. ( )

The legislative programme enacted by the Conservative governments of the 80s and 90s has allowed trade unions to freely organize and strengthen their voice in the workplace.( )

The changing composition of the workforce and domination of full time and secure employment in the service sector has led to decline of trade union membership. ( )

There is a strong representation of migrant workers by trade unions. ( )

The trade unions have failed to organize in new workplaces such as high tech industries which has contributed to the emergence of non-unionism in the UK.( )

The decline of manufacturing and male dominated sectors has led to the emergence of unionism in the UK’s service sector.( )

Q25

Industrial Relations is the study of the institutions of job regulation. Select one:

True

False