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2. BUS 372 Course Material • BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Unionization (Ash Course) • BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 2 Meeting Member Needs (Ash Course) • BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 1 Profit Interest and Employee Interest (Ash Course) • BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 2 Union Requirements (Ash Course) • BUS 372 Week 2 Assignment Changing Landscape of Unions (Ash Course) • BUS 372 Week 2 Quiz (Ash Course) • The Role of Unionization • Assess the changing complexion of the U.S. labor force and how it directly affects the role of unionization in the workplace. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings. BUS 372Entire Course BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Unionization

3. BUS 372 Course Material • Meeting Member Needs • Given today's globally competitive work environment, assess whether larger, more powerful unions (similar to AFL-CIO and SEIU) • Assignments • To complete this assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation: • Changing Landscape of Unions • At the inception of unions, its members consisted of "blue-collar" workers concentrated in the manufacturing sector. BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 2 Meeting Member Needs BUS 372 Week 2 Assignment Changing Landscape of Unions

4. BUS 372 Course Material • Profit Interest and Employee Interest • "Capitalism is directed towards the pursuit of profits and unions are directed towards the rights of its workers." Discuss how these opposing viewpoints can be advantageous, yet • Union Requirements • A basic requirement of unions is for members to give up their individual rights (e.g., raises based on performance) to benefit the collective (e.g., cost of living increases to all employees). BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 1 Profit Interest and Employee Interest BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 2 Union Requirements

5. BUS 372 Course Material • Question : Most senior pilots at major U.S. airlines annually earn • 2. Question :In a recent year, non-union workers in the United States had median weekly earnings of $699 • 3. Question :Labor’s successes have always emanated from • 4. Question :By 2005 an estimated 22 million public employees were in union ranks. • Assignments • To complete this assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation: • Contract Negotiations • Contract negotiations require considerable education, experience, and training. Trained negotiators have a solid set of knowledge and skill . BUS 372 Week 2 Quiz BUS 372 Week 3 Assignment Contract Negotiations

6. BUS 372 Course Material • Strikes affect the income of members, the reputation of the union, and the financial position of an employer. Describe the circumstances where a strike would be an appropriate bargaining tactic • Grievance and Arbitration • Discuss how the use of the grievance and arbitration processes and procedures can enhance the relationship between a union and management. BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 1 Strikes BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 2 Grievance and Arbitration

7. BUS 372 Course Material • Question : Which of the following is not a responsibility or personal quality needed in an arbitrator? • 2. Question :In Canada, where card checks are widely used, union membership is • 3. Question : Which of the following constitutes an unfair employer practice? • 4. Question :When past practice and clear-cut contractual language conflict . • Strategy Analysis • Assess the circumstances when it would be more appropriate for an organization to follow the comparative norm strategy to determine . BUS 372 Week 3 Quiz BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategy Analysis

8. BUS 372 Course Material • Organizational Competitiveness • Employees represented by a union are paid approximately 30% more (in terms of pay and benefit costs) versus those employees not represented by a union. Discuss how an organization whose employees are represented by a union can remain competitive against an organization whose employees are not represented by a union. • Question : In many collective bargaining agreements • 2. Question : Dismissal pay is • 3. Question : Negotiators commonly use at least three different standards when determining basic wage rates at the bargaining table. • 4. Question : The ability-to-pay method of wage determination is not influenced by the • 5. Question : The use of job evaluation to establish relative wage rates is. BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 2 Organizational Competitiveness BUS 372 Week 4 Quiz

9. BUS 372 Course Material • Agency Shop • Unions state that individuals should be free to join, yet then argue that those organizations represented by a union should enforce the agency shop. Illustrate why this is not a contradictory practice. • Analyze and evaluate whether unionized organizations reduce the level of conflict between management and labor, or exacerbate this conflict. BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 1 Agency Shop BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 2 Evaluating Conflict

10. BUS 372 Course Material • Final Paper • Some unions feel that the organization does not compensate its members fairly, or the organizational working conditions are less than desired. Conversely, some employers feel unions interfere with management decisions and impede on a positive relationship between managers and employees. BUS 372 Week 5 Final Assignment Working Together Unions and Management

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