Instructions

Requirements include,

• Cover Page with Name, Date, and Title of Assignment
• Use headings to separate the sections of the paper (use the Questions selected)
• Page numbers
• Double-spacing
• Times New Roman, size 12
• Use a minimum of three sources (from the past four years) for each response
• In-text citations in APA style
• Reference page using APA style
• Each response (for each of the four topics) should be approximately 2-3 pages

Select any four of these six topics for your Final Written Assignment and address each question comprehensively: 

1. It has been said that “a company that deserves a union gets one,” suggesting that if proper leadership and motivation techniques are employed and desirable policies devised, the workers will not want to unionize. Either agree or disagree with this philosophy. Support your position and explain what a company could do to create an environment where workers will not want to unionize. 

2. Some means of resolving negotiations impasses involve economic weapons (e.g. strikes and lockouts). There are other means of impasse resolution that do not involve the use of economic weapons (e.g. fact finding, mediation, med/arb/interest arb, etc.). Select two (2) non- economic means of impasse resolution, 1) explain how each one functions and 2) discuss the relative pros and cons of each. 
3. Unions have declined as a percentage of the workforce in the private sector. With this decline, have career and workplace dissatisfaction and alienation increased? If so, why is this so? If not, why not? Support your position.
4. List and discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages in using seniority as a factor to determine shift preference or overtime assignments. 
5. Identify two different steps a company should take to prepare for its first round of bargaining with the union pre-negotiation activities. Explain why each of the steps you have identified is critical to achieving an initial successful collective bargaining agreement with the union.
6. Identify and explain the major ways in which the government is an important participant in the labor relations.

Due DateAug 6, 2018 11:59 PM

Instructions

Written Assignment 2 (25 points) 4 pages or more, not including cover or References pages

You have been hired by XYZ as a consultant. They are currently facing a union organizing campaign. You have been asked to write a briefing memo for senior management. Your memo must address:

a. What are the basic differences, from the employer’s viewpoint, in operating in a union-free environment vs. a unionized environment?

b. What are management representatives permitted to say and do during the campaign? What, if any, actions or statements are prohibited?

In responding, you must use three references. They should be from a scholarly journal or credible news source from within the past three years.

RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2

Criteria 1

Exceeds Expectations5 points

Meets Expectations4 points

Meets Some Expectations3 points

Does Not Meet Expectations 2 points

Not Included0 points

Organization

(maximum of 5 points)

Arranges ideas clearly and logically to support the purpose or argument; ideas flow smoothly and are effectively linked; reader can follow the line of reasoning

Arranges ideas adequately to support the purpose or argument; links between ideas are generally clear; reader can follow the line of reasoning for the most part

Arranges ideas adequately, in general, although ideas sometimes fail to make sense together; reader remains fairly clear about what writer intends

Arranges ideas illogically; ideas frequently fail to make sense together; reader cannot identify a line of reasoning and becomes frustrated or loses interest

Criteria 3

Exceeds Expectations15 points

Meets Expectations12 points

Meets Some Expectations9 points

Does Not Meet Expectations 4 points

Not Included0 points

Content

(maximum of 15 points)

Gives very specific information. Addressed all of the assignment components. Clearly illustrates critical and reflective thinking.Well thought-out response.

Contains specific information. Addressed all of the assignment components. Is relatively detailed. Shows some critical and reflective thinking. Relatively well thought-out response.

Has some specific information. Addressed many of the assignment components. Not detailed.Poorly thought-out response.

Is vague and does not address all assignment components. No evidence of having given the assignment real thought.

Criteria 3

Exceeds Expectations5 points

Meets Expectations4 points

Meets Some Expectations3 points

Does Not Meet Expectations 2 points

Not Included0 points

Mechanics, references and APA

Execution is excellent. No grammar or writing errors. Reads easily. Is well organized. Includes two additional scholarly, relevant sources.

Well executed. Few grammar or writing errors. Reads easily. Is fairly well organized. Sources are either not all scholarly or not all relevant.

Execution is poor. Many grammar or writing errors. Hard to read. Poorly organized.

Falls short of the required length for the assignment. Very poorly written. Very difficult to read. No organization is evident. Reads like a last minute effort.

Due DateJul 20, 2018 11:59 PM

Locate a recent court case, lawsuit, or an article addressing discrimination in the selection criteria and methods used for hiring or a promotion. Write a paper of at least 1,000 words in length about the selected manuscript. You are required to use at least your textbook and a court case as source material for your paper.

Be sure to include the following information in your paper:

 Provide a brief description of the selected manuscript.  Identify the selection criteria and methods, and discuss how they relate to the needs of the organization in the case.  Include an analysis of the criteria and methods used for selecting the employee in the manuscript.  Include a discussion of the legal and ethical issues related to equal employment opportunity as they pertain to the employment selection process in this manuscript.   Explain what impact this court case, lawsuit, or article will have on HR management.

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