Final Exam
Multiple Choice (5 points each)
1. In the United States, the concept that employees are entitled to a voice in the workplace because it is consistent with the fundamental doctrine of our political system is known as:
a. exclusive representative
b. Industrial democracy
c. Participative management
d. Critical industrial relations 2. Which of the following is not considered an argument for treating employees as “more” than simply another commodity that can be bought and sold in the labor market:
a. Most modern workers are completely dependent upon jobs, not property, in determining the quality of their life
b. Working adults spend a considerable proportion of their life at work and hence work provides an important social setting that greatly influence quality of life
c. When workers agree to supply their labor in exchange for pay and benefits, they are freely choosing to follow management’s directives.
d. Workers have feelings and free will that can, if they wish, interfere with the quantity and quality of work they perform
3. From a business perspective, the poor working conditions endured by workers in the early part of U.S. industrialization were problematic because:
a. Workers should have better lives than that
b. Workers were willing to put up with anything to keep a job, thus turnover rates were too low
c. Workers lacked purchasing power which kept product demand artificially low
d. The government threatened to impose minimum wage and working conditions laws
4. Many labor supporters, including major labor unions throughout the U.S., are advocating for the Employee Free Choice Act, which would change the process of unionization to make it easier for workers to form and join unions. This is best described as an example of:
a. The shock effect
b. A labor movement
c. A socialist movement
d. Workplace governance
5. The concept of exclusive representation was intended to protect workers from the influence or dominance
1. In the United States, the concept that employees are entitled to a voice in the workplace because it is consistent with the fundamental doctrine of our political system is known as:
a. exclusive representative
b. Industrial democracy
c. Participative management
d. Critical industrial relations 2. Which of the following is not considered an argument for treating employees as “more” than simply another commodity that can be bought and sold in the labor market:
a. Most modern workers are completely dependent upon jobs, not property, in determining the quality of their life
b. Working adults spend a considerable proportion of their life at work and hence work provides an important social setting that greatly influence quality of life
c. When workers agree to supply their labor in exchange for pay and benefits, they are freely choosing to follow management’s directives.
d. Workers have feelings and free will that can, if they wish, interfere with the quantity and quality of work they perform
3. From a business perspective, the poor working conditions endured by workers in the early part of U.S. industrialization were problematic because:
a. Workers should have better lives than that
b. Workers were willing to put up with anything to keep a job, thus turnover rates were too low
c. Workers lacked purchasing power which kept product demand artificially low
d. The government threatened to impose minimum wage and working conditions laws
4. Many labor supporters, including major labor unions throughout the U.S., are advocating for the Employee Free Choice Act, which would change the process of unionization to make it easier for workers to form and join unions. This is best described as an example of:
a. The shock effect
b. A labor movement
c. A socialist movement
d. Workplace governance
5. The concept of exclusive representation was intended to protect workers from the influence or dominance