HRIR 3450 Exam 2025 Questions
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Define Industrial Relations (IR) - ✔✔an interdisciplinary field of study (psychology,
sociology, law, etc) that encompasses all aspects of employment relations
What are the 2 branches of Industrial Relations (IR) - ✔✔1. Labour Relations (LR):
focuses on relationships between unions and management in unionized environments
2. Employment Relations (ER): focuses on relationships between individual employees
and employers in non-union settings regulated by statute and common law
Define Human Resources Management (HRM) - ✔✔A field of study that focuses on
INDIVIDUAL employment relationships in non-unionizes workplaces.
primary concern: aligning the goals of individuals with those of the workplace
Name 5 differences between HRM and IR - ✔✔1. IR accepts inherent conflict between
workers and managers, and HRM focuses on shared interests of employees and
management
2. In IR employees will have different interests from management, and HRM employees
and management should share the same interests
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, 3. IR focuses on regulating the employment relationship, and HRM focuses on
employee motivation, loyalty, and efficiency
4. IR is concerned with group, and HRM is concerned with individual employees and
teams
5. IR praises seniority, HRM praises performance
Name the 2 Canadian IR "schools" - ✔✔1. Systems Theory
2. Political Economy
Explain Systems Theory - ✔✔An IR "school" model that is used to study and learn IR.
It accepts that inherent conflict exists between management and workers.
default: rely to much on consensus and stability
Explain Political Economy - ✔✔An IR "school" concerned with social relations of
production.
It focuses on power imbalance between workers and management
default: exaggerates role of conflict and emphasizes exploitative nature of employment
relationships
2 main reasons why people join unions - ✔✔1. Economic Rationale
2. Voice Rationale
Explain Economic Rationale (3) - ✔✔1. Fairness and Equity (being treated fairly- power
in numbers)
- Equity Theory
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and Answers 100% Pass
Define Industrial Relations (IR) - ✔✔an interdisciplinary field of study (psychology,
sociology, law, etc) that encompasses all aspects of employment relations
What are the 2 branches of Industrial Relations (IR) - ✔✔1. Labour Relations (LR):
focuses on relationships between unions and management in unionized environments
2. Employment Relations (ER): focuses on relationships between individual employees
and employers in non-union settings regulated by statute and common law
Define Human Resources Management (HRM) - ✔✔A field of study that focuses on
INDIVIDUAL employment relationships in non-unionizes workplaces.
primary concern: aligning the goals of individuals with those of the workplace
Name 5 differences between HRM and IR - ✔✔1. IR accepts inherent conflict between
workers and managers, and HRM focuses on shared interests of employees and
management
2. In IR employees will have different interests from management, and HRM employees
and management should share the same interests
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, 3. IR focuses on regulating the employment relationship, and HRM focuses on
employee motivation, loyalty, and efficiency
4. IR is concerned with group, and HRM is concerned with individual employees and
teams
5. IR praises seniority, HRM praises performance
Name the 2 Canadian IR "schools" - ✔✔1. Systems Theory
2. Political Economy
Explain Systems Theory - ✔✔An IR "school" model that is used to study and learn IR.
It accepts that inherent conflict exists between management and workers.
default: rely to much on consensus and stability
Explain Political Economy - ✔✔An IR "school" concerned with social relations of
production.
It focuses on power imbalance between workers and management
default: exaggerates role of conflict and emphasizes exploitative nature of employment
relationships
2 main reasons why people join unions - ✔✔1. Economic Rationale
2. Voice Rationale
Explain Economic Rationale (3) - ✔✔1. Fairness and Equity (being treated fairly- power
in numbers)
- Equity Theory
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