Human Resource Management Gaining A Competitive Advantage 10th Edition Noe by Raymond Andrew Noe – Test Bank

Human Resource Management Gaining A Competitive Advantage 10th Edition Noe by Raymond Andrew Noe – Test Bank

Chapter 14

<Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations>

 

True / False Questions

1.	Industrial relations systems ensure that acceptance always translates into convergence of interests. True    False

 

2.	According to John Dunlop, an effective industrial relations system eliminates conflict. True    False

 

3.	At the strategic level, management makes basic choices such as whether to work with its union(s) or to devote its efforts to developing nonunion operations. True    False

 

4.	Labor unions’ major benefit to society is the institutionalization of industrial conflict. True    False

 

5.	If management voluntarily recognizes a union or if a union already represents employees, the focus is shifted from dealing with employees as individuals to dealing with them as a group. True    False

 

6.	A major goal of labor unions is bargaining effectiveness, because with it come the power and influence to make the employees’ voices heard and to effect changes in the workplace. True    False

 

7.	The United States generally has more regulations and higher levels of union membership than the Western European countries. True    False

 

8.	At the strategic level, management and unions meet head-on over the issue of union organizing. True    False

 

9.	Enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) rests with the American Arbitration Association. True    False

 

10.	The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) two major functions are to conduct and certify representation elections and to prevent unfair labor practices. True    False

 

11.	At the most general level, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) holds a union representation election if a minimum of 70 percent of employees in the bargaining unit sign authorization cards. True    False

 

12.	Once a union has been certified, the parties to the contract have the right to bar an outside party from holding an election for more than three years. True    False

 

13.	Under a neutrality provision, the employer pledges to oppose organizing attempts elsewhere in the company. True    False