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1
Which of the following is a trend in management policies toward unionization?
A)In a vast majority of nonunion firms, avoiding unions is no longer considered a top priority.
B)Highly organized firms are always strongly opposed to unionization of new plants.
C)Firms have been unwilling to allow unions to organize their white-collar workers.
D)Firms that have only been partially organized are more willing to allow unionization in new plants than firms that are fully organized.
2
In a "core competency" business model, corporations
A)engage in self-evaluative procedures to measure their success.
B)judge employees by a certain standard to measure their competency.
C)outsource business processes that are considered peripheral to their main functions.
D)work with unions to strategize a plan to compete efficiently.
3
A double–breasted strategy is where a firm
A)has many non-union plants.
B)operates only union plants but tries to undermine the union.
C)operates only nonunion plants and refuses to allow any unions to organize the plant.
D)operates separate union and nonunion divisions.
4
When will a firm likely use a direct union suppression approach?
A)When the firm is financially well off.
B)When the firm has specialized personnel and employee relations staffs.
C)When there is a hostile political environment toward unions.
D)When there are few alternative workers.
5
What employment policy is commonly found in the New Deal pattern of industrial relations?
A)Policies that include informally administered procedures.
B)Policies that include grievance arbitration and seniority based layoff procedures.
C)Policies that include employee and union direct intervention in business decision making.
D)Policies that include employment stabilization, team forms of work organization, and skill or knowledge based pay.





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