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Elizabeth Zampino

about 7 hours ago

One of the problems with introducing greater flexibility in the workplace is that flexibility often raises important risks or concerns for workers and unions.

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Brianna Garcia-Hernandez

about 7 hours ago

The constant drive to achieve reduced inefficiencies through lean processes has been called, "management by stress" by critics of the lean production philosophy.

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Emilee Parra

about 7 hours ago

As early as the 1940's, unionists argued that because workers perform their job tasks over and over they often have good ideas for improving productivity, increasing quality, and lowering costs. They predicted that management's failure to capitalize on this would ultimately restrict flexibility and have a negative impact on efficiency.

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Kerrigan Murtha

about 8 hours ago

The mass manufacturing/job control unionism model that worked so well in the postwar era began to fail in the 1970s largely due to instability in economic markets.

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Skidaddle Skidoodle

about 8 hours ago

The goal of job control unionism is to replace managerial subjectivity and favoritism with decision making by union representatives.

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Thariq Seerpath

about 8 hours ago

Quality of working life programs were largely unsuccessful because they could not change the underlying structure of work organized around scientific management principles.

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Jessica Donovan

about 8 hours ago

Quality of working life programs introduced in the 1970s were largely designed to address problems with worker fatigue, boredom, and alienation that were associated with mass production.

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Mannan Malhotra

about 8 hours ago

Under scientific management principles, workers become better at their jobs through cross-training to increase workforce flexibility.

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Jediah Holman

about 8 hours ago

Which of the following is not a strategy of corporations in the environment of financialization?

A) nonfinancial companies adding financial services such as offering credit or loans to customers
B) selling off assets of the company after implementing cost-cutting measures
C) repurchasing company stock to drive up the price
D) investing in public sector services and infrastructure

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Kailee Billock

about 8 hours ago

Craft unions embraced the concepts and principles of scientific management.

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Blake Herndon

about 8 hours ago

Taylor's vision of scientific management as a "win-win" for unions and management has largely proven to be True.

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Shamir Shrestha

about 8 hours ago

Calls for increased levels of employee empowerment in the modern workplace neglect the reality that the U.S. workforce is less educated, on average, than the workforce of the 1940s-1970s.

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Michael Mahmud

about 8 hours ago

In the 20^th century, the primary method for organizing and managing work was scientific management.

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Daryl Stuteville

about 8 hours ago

Flexibility and innovation in workplace processes are enhanced by the traditional model of job control unionism that allows new contracts to be negotiated every 1-3 years.

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Jasmine Moore

about 9 hours ago

Which of the following is not a key dimension of financialization?

A) public sector budget austerity
B) private equity
C) share price maximization
D) profits via the global sale of goods and services

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Your Future Doctor

about 9 hours ago

The rights of a European Works Council include all of the following except:

A) The right to request a meeting with management under exceptional circumstances like a plant closing.
B) The right to learn about an employer's financial health.
C) The right to collectively bargain.
D) The right to meet with management annually and be consulted regarding the business' progress.

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Michael Ferrell

about 9 hours ago

Which of the following is not a type of European Works Council?

A) Symbolic
B) Service
C) Participative
D) Socialist

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Olivia Lampkin

about 9 hours ago

Which of the following is not typically found in a company codes of conduct?

A) Statement of commitment to fair business practices and respect for relevant laws
B) Statement of commitment to labor and environmental standards
C) Statement of corporate citizenship and ethics
D) Statement of accountability and enforcement practices

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Manon Morgane

about 9 hours ago

Which of the following does not present a significant barrier to transnational labor collaboration?

A) Differences in opinion about the need for unionization and labor protection
B) Language, cultural, religious, and ideological differences between countries
C) Legal constraints on transnational labor collaboration
D) Differences in union structures and goals

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Aseel Alsondos

about 9 hours ago

Configuration affects labor relations through its effects on the relative bargaining power between

A) countries.
B) corporations and employees.
C) labor unions.
D) countries and corporations.