Chapter 11- Organized Labor Definitions Union- An organization formed by employees for the purpose of acting as a single unit when dealing with management about workplace issues. Labor relations process- The process in which management and the union jointly decide on and administer terms and conditions of employment. National Labor Relations Act- The legal framework for the labor relations process in the United States; it contains significant provisions intended to protect workers’ rights to
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1. Present the discrepancies of business practices, policy and strategy between the 2 countries Cobalt Systems is a multinational corporation present in more than 50 countries divided into regions. Cobalt Systems is a highly centralized organization as all the operations throughout the world are overseen by 13 US based ‘Management Board’ members. The company large number of layers between the Management Board and the local employees (hierarchical organization) doesn’t allow much room for
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How would you ensure sufficient discussion of contentious issues in a work group? How can managers bring unspoken conflicts into the open without making them worse? Discussing contentious or controversial topics tend to make people feel awkward talking about it. However, without confronting the stereotypes and personal bias, these unresolved conflicts tend to worsen the situation. Dealing with controversial issues in a constructive manner enables a manager to create a collaborative team environment
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the PBA (Police Benevolent Association) union was a situation against the city management. The case study is regarding negotiation for improved pay, and benefits with a bad relationship between the management and the union with fear and disagreement. The relationship between the city management and the unions seemed unstable and negative because the last negotiation that the city management was part of was the city’s solid waste and public works. There was a threat of privatization
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Organizational Behavior, 15e (Robbins/Judge) Chapter 14 Conflict and Negotiation 1) ________ is defined as a process that begins when one party perceives another party has or is about to negatively affect something the first party cares about. A) Problem solving B) Assessment C) Conflict D) Negotiation E) Collective bargaining Answer: C 2) Conservationists have had a perpetual conflict with the government of the United States over the fast and rampant depletion of the earth's natural resources
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HARBORCO (ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOTIATOR) - PLANNING DOCUMENT Negotiation: __HARBORCO___________ Role: _ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOTIATOR What issues are most important to you? (list in order of importance) 1. Ecological Impact issues due to the construction of this port. This being the most important because the disruption of ecological settings will begin as soon as construction begins, so no room to try anything else to minimize this effect. 2. The industry mix that Harborco will be allowed
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to consumers. Viacom owns the channels that people were viewing and Time Warner was supplying the consumers with those channels on another cable provider. The intermediaries are the stations that they offer the service and the people doing the negotiations to keep the channels at Time Warner and get Viacom a little more money. The channel conflict is that of a vertical conflict, since Time Warner is below Viacom in this and Viacom has sway over what happens to them. However in this case, Time Warner
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Discuss the conflict that is occurring at General Hospital. Conflict is a process in which one party (person or group) perceives that its interests are being opposed or negatively affected by another party (Hellriegel/Slocum, 2011). There are four primary levels of conflict: intrapersonal, interpersonal, intragroup, and intergroup (Hellriegel/Slocum, 2011). Intrapersonal conflict occurs within an individual and usually involves some form of goal, cognitive, or affective conflict (Hellriegel/Slocum
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Negotiations Final Paper Professor Seth M. Kaplowitz January 24, 2014 Last fall, my wife and I put our home up for sale. Our motivation was simple, with the money we would get from the sale of our home we could pay off all our debt and have plenty of money left over to invest, eventually saving enough to buy a bigger home. Emboldened by the allure of liquidity I listed our home for sale and waited for the offers. Indeed the offers did come in, in fact over the next few months we were in
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telecommunications industry is flooded with competition and the industry is waning. In the past three years, GC stocks have decreased in value more than 50 percent. To combat this decline in profits, senior leadership and board members of GC have announced a strategy that they hope will bring GC back into the forefront as an industry leader both domestically and internationally. GC plans on introducing new technologies such as wireless and satellite
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