i have 20 questions
QUESTION 1
- “My employer monitors my e-mail and internet usage at work and tracks my location through the GPS feature of my cell phone. I receive work-related text messages or voice mails almost every day of the week and often after normal scheduled work hours. These messages are often seeking information or making comments that could easily have waited until the next business day. I am frustrated that I always seem connected to work with little private time to pursue my own interests. What advice could you give me on how to manage the job stress of working in a technologically connected work environment? Is there any way I can capture some private time without making it appear to my employer that I’m not motivated to constantly improve my job performance? Also, under what conditions does my employer have to pay me overtime for such work?”
- Nature of its service.
- Relationship between its budget and collective bargaining processes.
- Bargaining structure and decision-making processes.
- Negotiable issues and bargaining tactics.
- The right to strike.
QUESTION 2
Think of a public organization with which you are familiar. Explain how it differs from a private company in terms of the following:
QUESTION 3
Explain the contract bar doctrine. How would it influence the negotiation of the first labor agreement?
QUESTION 4
Are current legal remedies for bad faith bargaining adequate to promote compliance with the LMRA’s goal of good faith bargaining? Why or why not? What recommendations would you suggest for improving compliance with the goal of promoting good faith bargaining?
QUESTION 5
Which type of pension plan would you prefer to be covered under (i.e., defined benefit, defined contribution, or cash balance) and why, if you were an employee? An employer?
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QUESTION 6
How did World War II and the National War Labor Board greatly expand the use of arbitration?
QUESTION 7
A major distinction between line and staff units concerns:
The amount of resources each is allowed to utilize |
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Linkage of their jobs to the goals of the firm |
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The amount of education or training they possess |
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Their use of computer information systems |
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Their linkage to the outside world |
QUESTION 8
Control involves all but ____.
Measuring results |
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Measuring results |
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Taking corrective action |
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Comparing results with goals |
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Selecting manpower |
QUESTION 9
Grouping individuals and resources in the organization around products, services, clients, territories, or legal entities is an example of ___________ specialization.
Divisional |
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Functional |
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Matrix |
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Mixed form |
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Outsourced |
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QUESTION 10
Grouping resources into departments by skill, knowledge, and action is the______ pattern.
Functional |
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Divisional |
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Vertical |
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Means end chains |
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Matrix |
QUESTION 11
A matrix structure ______.
Reinforces unity of command |
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Is inexpensive |
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Is easy to explain to employees |
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Gives some employees two bosses |
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Yields a minimum of organizational politics |
QUESTION 12
Compared to the machine bureaucracy (mechanistic type), the professional bureaucracy (organic type) _________________________ .
Is more efficient for routine operations |
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Has more vertical specialization and control |
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Is larger |
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Has more horizontal specialization and coordination mechanism |
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Is smaller |
QUESTION 13
Environmental complexity ____.
Refers to the set of alliances formed by senior management |
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Refers to the overall level of problems and opportunities stemming from munificence, interdependence, and volatility |
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Is restricted to the general environment of organizations |
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Is restricted to other organizations with which an organization must interact in order to obtain inputs and dispose of outputs |
QUESTION 14
____is grouping individuals by skill, knowledge, and action yields.
Divisional departmentation |
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Functional departmentation |
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Hybrid structuration |
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Matrix departmentation |
QUESTION 15
The division of labor through the formation of work units or groups within an organization is called _____.
Control |
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Horizontal specialization |
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Vertical specialization |
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Coordination |
QUESTION 16
____is the set of mechanisms used in an organization to link the actions of its subunits into a consistent pattern.
Departmentation |
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Coordination |
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Control |
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Formal authority |
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QUESTION 17
The design of the organization needs to be adjusted to all but ______.
The environment of the firm |
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The strategy of the firm |
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The size of the firm |
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The operations and information technology of the firm |
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The personnel to be hired by the firm |
QUESTION 18
Regarding the organizational design for a small firm compared to a large firm:
They are almost the same |
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They are fundamentally different |
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A large firm is just a larger version of a small one |
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The small firm has more opportunity to use information technology |
QUESTION 19
Adhocracies tend to favor ______.
Vertical specialization and control |
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Horizontal specialization and coordination |
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Extensive centralization |
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A rigid strategy |
QUESTION 20
Which of the following is an accurate statement about an adhocracy?
The design facilitates information exchange and learning |
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There are many rules and policies |
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Use of IT is always minimal |
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IT handles routine problems efficiently |
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IT is quite common in older industries |
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