Industrial relations in Canada 3rd edition
by Hebdon brown All Chapters Covered
1. Astrike is an action by workers in which they stopperforming duties and donot report to work.
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2. Someargue that the term “employee relations” isanti-union, yet some unions use the term for internal staff positions.
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3. Dunlop’s concept ofshared ideologyrefers toa set of commonbeliefs held bytheactors of the Industrial Relations system.
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4. Procedural rules refer tothe outcomes ofemployment relationships.
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5. Collective bargainingis theprocess bywhichmanagement andlabour negotiatethetermsand conditions of empl
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oyment in a unionized workplace.
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6. Aunion is a group of employees who bargain the terms and conditions of employment.
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b. False
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7. HumanResources focus on the relationship between theemployee and governmentalregulations.
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b. False
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,8. AccordingtoDunlop,therole of SpecializedGovernment Agencies is todevelop, implement, and administer legisla
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tion and policies pertinent to the employment relationship.
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9. Dunlopsuggests that the distribution of power issomewhat important.
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10. Competitivefactors inthe product/service marketplaya largerole inIndustrial Relations.
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efficiency theory arguesthatemployers mayholdthevalueofprofitability and competitive advantage.
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12. According toGeorgetti, temporary foreignworkers shouldbe placed intothe permanent immigrationstream only when
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necessary.
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13. Technologyis included in theeconomics subsystem of the IRsystems framework of thetextbook.
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14. Accordingtoequity–efficiency theory, unions usually focus onefficiency.
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15. Employee morale is a conversion mechanism in the IRsystems framework.
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16. Strikescan be both outputs and conversation mechanisms in the IRsystems framework.
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b. False
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17. Dunlop’sconcept ofshared ideologyisnotconsistent with thehuman resources/strategic choice view ofindustrial relati
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ons.
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b. False
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18. Agoalof Marxism isto overthrow management and allow employees tohave morecontrol of their workplace.
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19. Inlookingat the jobmarket we can see aconsiderable range in term ofduties and responsibilities of someone in industri
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al relations.
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