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SHRM-CP Organization Questions - Part 25
1. Which Β factor Β can limit the collective bargaining process?
A) Data analytics
B) Due process
C) Constructive discipline
D) Bargaining precedents
2. Which generally describes governments' involvement in unions?
A) It reduces conflict and confrontation.
B) It increases conflict and confrontation.
C) It varies from country to country.
D) It is prohibited by the International Labour Organization.
3. What does the term 'tripartism' mean in the context of union relations?
A) Promotion of a works council to a position at the bargaining table
B) Aggregation of employers in an industry into a single bargaining position
C) Involvement of national governments in the bargaining process
D) Idea that the employment relationship includes the employer, the union, and the employee
4. Organized Labor Actions and Unfair Labor Practices Which action can be taken by HR to help prevent industrial actions?
A) Communicating the perspective of employees to management
B) Eliminating the peer panel program for dispute resolution
C) Negotiating a provision in contracts against sympathy strikes
D) Hiring outside counsel for handling grievances
5. How can HR help prevent its organization from committing an unfair labor practice?
A) By training management on allowed speech
B) By preventing the organization from firing workers involved in wildcat strikes
C) By providing guidance on selective enforcement of contract provisions
D) By engaging in a union avoidance strategy
A) Data analytics
B) Due process
C) Constructive discipline
D) Bargaining precedents
2. Which generally describes governments' involvement in unions?
A) It reduces conflict and confrontation.
B) It increases conflict and confrontation.
C) It varies from country to country.
D) It is prohibited by the International Labour Organization.
3. What does the term 'tripartism' mean in the context of union relations?
A) Promotion of a works council to a position at the bargaining table
B) Aggregation of employers in an industry into a single bargaining position
C) Involvement of national governments in the bargaining process
D) Idea that the employment relationship includes the employer, the union, and the employee
4. Organized Labor Actions and Unfair Labor Practices Which action can be taken by HR to help prevent industrial actions?
A) Communicating the perspective of employees to management
B) Eliminating the peer panel program for dispute resolution
C) Negotiating a provision in contracts against sympathy strikes
D) Hiring outside counsel for handling grievances
5. How can HR help prevent its organization from committing an unfair labor practice?
A) By training management on allowed speech
B) By preventing the organization from firing workers involved in wildcat strikes
C) By providing guidance on selective enforcement of contract provisions
D) By engaging in a union avoidance strategy
1. Right Answer: D
Explanation: Bargaining precedentsΓ’β¬βfactors that led to previous agreementsΓ’β¬βcan limit the collective bargaining process.
2. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Involvement on the part of national governments varies. Some governments are active in legislating minimum wages, hours, and working conditions. Others help mediate labor disputes, while others take a hands-off approach. The International Labour Organization does not prevent government involvement in unions. There is no evidence that government involvement in unions reduces or increases conflict.
3. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Tripartism refers to the collaboration of governments, employers, and unions in developing contracts and resolving disputes. This is a common feature in some countries and an occasional feature in others (e.g., government intervention in times of national emergencies). Industry employer associations are common in some industries, but this is just another form of the union-employer relationship. The employment relationship in a unionized workplace does have three actors, but this is not what tripartism means. Works councils do not participate in collective bargaining.
4. Right Answer: A
Explanation: HR can help managers and supervisors understand how employees might view the employer's behavior. HR can also educate management about what honoring the contract requires and how to avoid behavior that may be perceived as bullying.
5. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Training management on allowed speech may help to prevent a manager or supervisor from interfering with legal union activity.
Explanation: Bargaining precedentsΓ’β¬βfactors that led to previous agreementsΓ’β¬βcan limit the collective bargaining process.
2. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Involvement on the part of national governments varies. Some governments are active in legislating minimum wages, hours, and working conditions. Others help mediate labor disputes, while others take a hands-off approach. The International Labour Organization does not prevent government involvement in unions. There is no evidence that government involvement in unions reduces or increases conflict.
3. Right Answer: C
Explanation: Tripartism refers to the collaboration of governments, employers, and unions in developing contracts and resolving disputes. This is a common feature in some countries and an occasional feature in others (e.g., government intervention in times of national emergencies). Industry employer associations are common in some industries, but this is just another form of the union-employer relationship. The employment relationship in a unionized workplace does have three actors, but this is not what tripartism means. Works councils do not participate in collective bargaining.
4. Right Answer: A
Explanation: HR can help managers and supervisors understand how employees might view the employer's behavior. HR can also educate management about what honoring the contract requires and how to avoid behavior that may be perceived as bullying.
5. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Training management on allowed speech may help to prevent a manager or supervisor from interfering with legal union activity.
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