Labour Relations 5th edition by Larry Suffield Test bank

Answer: b
 

6. An open systems framework for labour relations has the following elements:
   1. parties, contract negotiation, the environment, outcomes, and feedback
   2. the environment, parties, processes, outcomes, and feedback
   3. parties, processes, the environment, outcomes, and legislation
   4. parties, processes, feedback, and outcomes
   5. the environment, parties, processes, outcomes, and collective agreements

 
Answer: b
 

7. The actors in Dunlop’s system are:
   1. workers and their agents
   2. free trade agreements
   3. society
   4. non-union employees
   5. non-government agencies

 
Answer: a
 

8. The process component in a systems approach to labour relations includes which of the following:
   1. unilateral action by management
   2. unilateral action by unions
   3. the environment
   4. a and b
   5. a and c

 
Answer: d

9. Which of the following is correct regarding feedback in a systems framework for labour relations:
   1. Experience with a process can not result in a party seeking to change the process.
   2. The feedback affects only the actors and processes in the system.
   3. Outputs of the labour relations system affect the cultural system used by the parties.
   4. Outputs of the labour relations system affect the legal system of the parties.
   5. Outputs of the labour relations system affect the individual contract of employment.

 
Answer: d
 

10. A unionized employee has access to which of the following legal procedures and remedies:
    1. a suit for constructive dismissal
    2. a suit for wrongful dismissal
    3. reinstatement ordered by an arbitrator
    4. reinstatement ordered by a judge
    5. damages awarded by a judge for the breach of the collective agreement

 
Answer: c
 

11. The unionization of employees is the least likely to affect which of the following:
    1. job satisfaction of employees
    2. costs of operations for the employer
    3. job security for employees
    4. the reasonable notice employees are entitled to
    5. investment decisions made by the employer

 
Answer: d
 

12. Which of the following are two dominant perspectives in the framework for labour relations:
    1. actors & the environment
    2. processes engaged in by the actors & outputs
    3. cost & productivity
    4. Terms & conditions of work
    5. Systems approach & the political economy approach

 
Answer: e
 

13. A political economy approach to labour relations emphasizes which of the following:
    1. conflict between employer and employee interests
    2. a web of rules
    3. an ideology shared by employers and unions
    4. government intervention
    5. the values of employers and unions

 
Answer: a
 

14. Which of the following is correct regarding the environment component in a systems approach to labour relations:
    1. environmental factors do not effect each other