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Recent polls indicate that firms assign a lower priority to union avoidance than

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Recent polls indicate that firms assign a lower priority to union avoidance than to collective bargaining. Evidence concerning organizing campaigns reveals that management's use of suppressive tactics increased in the 1970s. Firms that deal with multiple unions across the whole company are less likely to resist unions vigorously in any newly opened facilities. In general, there is a high degree of centralization of the responsibility for strategic labor relations policies inside firms. In general, there has been a power shift within management as more responsibility has shifted from labor relations specialists to line managers and human resource managers. What are some of the common elements of management policy across the three nonunion patterns? A. Management's desire to cooperate and become unionized so that a fair and equitable system could be established at the workplace. B. Management's desire to stay non-union. C. Management's desire to company objectives that may have little to do with

Explanation / Answer

9. Recent polls indicate that firms assign a lower priority to union avoidance than to collective bargaining.

Ans: False ( Firm assigns high priority to the union avoidance)

10. Evidence concerning organizing campaigns reveals that management's use of suppressive tactics increased in the 1970s.

Ans: True

11. Firms that deal with multiple unions across the whole company are less likely to resist unions vigorously in any newly opened facilities.

Ans: False ( there are many firms that deal with multiple unions across the whole company)

12. In general, there is a high degree of centralization of the responsibility for strategic labor relations policies inside firms.

Ans: True

13. In general, there has been a power shift within management as more responsibility has shifted from labor relations specialists to line managers and human resource managers.

Ans: True