Exam 4: Employers: Objectives, Processes, and Strategy

Identify the primary objectives of employers and describe four methods that could be used to achieve those objectives.

Recently productivity growth has been the same in Canada and the United States.

Which of the following correctly describes the level of adoption of high-performance work systems by Canadian employers:

High-performance organizations emphasize reducing costs by lowering compensation.

Which of the following is correct regarding labour productivity in Canada and the United States?

Which of the following features would not be emphasized by an organization employing a differentiation strategy:

Which of the following factors would be emphasized in a cost leadership strategy:

A union resistance strategy involves the employer providing employee representation mechanisms,such as complaint procedures,to non-union employees.

A high commitment approach to human resource management has been associated with:

A low commitment approach to human resource management emphasizes or includes:

A low commitment human resource management strategy involves using traditional production methods with less emphasis on technological innovation.

Which of the following are measures that an employer could pursue to increased efficiency?

Which of the following are methods used by employers to meet their objectives?

Cost leadership is a strategy that involves an organization competing on the basis of price.

Which of the following factors affect a firm's labour relations strategy?

The extent of unionization of the industry in which a firm competes influences a firm's labour relations strategy.

Employers use public relations efforts as one of the methods to achieve their objectives.

The predominant approach of employers in Canada is a union avoidance strategy.

Most Canadian firms have widely adopted high-performance policies and practices.

Concession bargaining is negotiation over employer demands for reductions in wages and benefits.