Question 1

The balance of power is not vested with any one group; rather, it is maintained between the parties to the industrial relations." This is the essence of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Pluralist approach
B)  System approach
C)  Unitary approach
D)  Social action approach A

Question 2

Productivity bargaining is considered as a classic example of the

Accepted Answer

A)  Oxford school approach
B)  Giri approach
C)  Human relations approach
D)  Gandhian approach A

Question 3

The analogy of a 'football team' refers to which frame of reference?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unitarism.
B)  Radical.
C)  Pluralism.
D)  none A

Question 4

Employee associations that constitute one of the stakeholders in industrial relations are popularly known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Federations
B)  Confederations
C)  Trade Unions
D)  None of the above

Question 5

The feeling workers have when they are not able to control the work environment is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Meaninglessness
B)  Normlessness
C)  Mindlessness
D)  Powerlessness

Question 6

Who has propounded the theory that "Industrial Conflict is a part of the broader social conflict between classes and used to explain fundamental historical process of change and development in human society"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frank Tannenbaum
B)  Adam Smith
C)  Karl Marx
D)  G.D.H. Cole

Question 7

Who are not the actors according to Dunlop's framework of industrial relations system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Managers and their representatives
B)  Workers and their organisations
C)  Specialized government agencies
D)  Communities and their associations

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the five shared properties of social exchange relationships given in your text?

Accepted Answer

A)  costs and benefits
B)  unvoiced expectations and obligations
C)  procedural justice
D)  unequal power

Question 9

In which year the two consultative machinery Indian Labour Conference and Standing Labour Committee were constituted in India?

Accepted Answer

A)  1941
B)  1942
C)  1947
D)  1951

Question 10

Who has coined the term Industrial Democracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx
B)  Sydney and Beatrice Webbs
C)  Peter F. Drucker
D)  John Dunlop

Question 11

A criticism of the industrial relations perspective is that it:

Accepted Answer

A)  is too heavily in favour of trade unions
B)  focuses primarily on the institutions of job regulation and conflict resolution to the exclusion of all else
C)  is anti-trade union
D)  ignores legal influences on the employment relationship

Question 12

Which frame of reference views the natural state of organizations as one of harmony and co-operation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pluralism
B)  Unitarism
C)  Radical
D)  none

Question 13

Characteristics of Industrial Relations do not include:

Accepted Answer

A)  Industrial Relations are outcome of employment relationship in an industrial enterprise.
B)  Industrial Relations promote the skills and methods of adjustment and co-operation with each other.
C)  Industrial Relations create complex rules and regulations to maintain cordial relations.
D)  Industrial Relations system creates an environment of distrust and conflict.

Question 14

Which of the following approaches assumes that the understanding of industrial relations requires an understanding of the capitalized society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marxist approach
B)  Gandhian approach
C)  Human relations approach
D)  Giri approach

Question 15

Mainstream school of industrial relations is underpinned by a philosophy that is

Accepted Answer

A)  Pluralist
B)  Unitarist
C)  non-interventionist
D)  radical

Question 16

Government everywhere followed the laissez-faire policy till

Accepted Answer

A)  a.18th Century
B)  19th Century
C)  20th Century
D)  16th Century

Question 17

Which of the following approaches assumes that voluntary negotiations between employers and employees are a means of settling disputes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marxist approach
B)  Giri approach
C)  Human relations approach
D)  Gandhian approach

Question 18

Employees in the workplace often talk of 'us' and 'them'. Which frame of reference does this reflect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unitarism.
B)  Pluralism.
C)  Radical.
D)  none

Question 19

Who are not the Actors of Industrial Relations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Workers and their organisations
B)  Employers and their organisations
C)  Community and cultural associations
D)  Government and the role of the State

Question 20

In general, managers tend to see employee relations in terms of which of the following activities

Accepted Answer

A)  Creating and maintaining employee motivation
B)  Obtaining commitment form the workforce
C)  Both a and b
D)  Neither a nor b

Exam 1: Industrial Relations and Approaches: the Actors, Issues, and Perspectives