Exam 4: Employers: Objectives, Processes, and Strategy

High-performance organizations emphasize reducing costs by lowering compensation.

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

Younger employees make union opposition easier for the employer.

Which of the following features would be emphasized by an organization employing a differentiation strategy:

Wal-Mart is an organization that illustrates union opposition and removal strategies.

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

Which of the following are employer objectives;

A cost leadership strategy is:

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

A union opposition strategy could involve matching the pay rates of unionized firms.

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

Identify the meaning of "labour relations strategy" and describe four factors that could affect a labour relations strategy.

Identify the meaning of "labour relations strategy" and describe four alternative strategies that could be adopted.

Comparing employers in Canada and the United States, it is more difficult for employers in Canada to oppose unions.

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

Labour relations strategy refers to how a firm competes in the marketplace.

A union acceptance strategy refers to an employer voluntarily recognizing the union.

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

High-performance practices such as variable pay are welcomed by unions.

A high-performance work system includes: