BUS 372 Complete Course

BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of Unionization

BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 2 Meeting Member Needs
BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 1 Profit Interest and Employee Interest
BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 2 Union Requirements
BUS 372 Week 2 Individual Assignment Changing Landscape of Unions
BUS 372 Week 2 Quiz
BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 1 Strikes
BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 2 Grievance and Arbitration
BUS 372 Week 3 Individual Assignment Contract Negotiations
BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategy Analysis
BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 2 Organizational Competitiveness
BUS 372 Week 4 Quiz
BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 1 Agency Shop
BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 2 Evaluating Conflict
BUS 372 Week 5 Final Assignment Working Together Unions and Management

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BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 1 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.

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BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 2 Meeting Member Needs

Given todays globally competitive work environment, assess whether larger, more
powerful unions (similar to AFL-CIO and SEIU) favorably represent their members or
whether smaller, more targeted unions would better meet the needs of their members.
Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 1 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
destructive, to the business community. Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.

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BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 2 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). Discuss your opinion on whether this is equitable and fair. Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 2 Individual Assignment Changing

Landscape of Unions

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). Discuss your opinion on whether this is equitable and fair. Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 2 Quiz

1 Question There were no genuine labor unions in the United States until
2 Question :Featherbedding is:
3.Question : The attitude of Samuel Gompers toward national union autonomy was:
4. Question :In 1979:
5. Question : Under a yellow-dog contract, workers must promise in writing:
6. Question :The non-unionized blue collar worker is definitely a rarity in:
7.Question :Six states alone account for over half of all union members in this country.
8.Question :Research suggests that the greatest single motivator of workers joining
unions is dissatisfaction with the extent of gratification of:
9.Question :There are today more union members in California than there are in 10
southern states combined.
10.Question :As a percentage of their budgets in recent decades, most AFL-CIO member
unions have spent _________ on organizing.
11.Question :Labor relations consultants usually:
12.Question :Organized labor has expanded its membership rather significantly in the
past few years.

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BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 1 Strikes

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 and where it would be inappropriate. Respond to at least
two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 2 Grievance and Arbitration

Discuss how the use of the grievance and arbitration processes and procedures can
enhance the relationship between a union and management, and where it can be
destructive. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 3 Individual Assignment Contract

Negotiations

Contract negotiations require considerable education, experience, and training. Trained

negotiators have a solid set of knowledge and skill that often enables them to garner a
more favorable contract for their party.
In a one to three page paper to submit to your instructor, detail the following in relation
to contract negotiation:

Describe the knowledge and skill that are critical to the success of a contract
negotiator.

Present one (1) strategy an effective negotiator should consider to achieve a more
favorable contract (for example: one strategy would be to prepare diligently for each
negotiation).

The submission must adhere to APA 6th edition style guidelines.

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BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategy Analysis

Assess the circumstances when it would be more appropriate for an organization to

follow the comparative norm strategy to determine an employees wage rate, versus the
ability-to-pay or the cost of living strategy. Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.

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BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 2 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, especially when it must
commit more monies towards its employees, which often requires lower investment in
research and development and raising the price of its products and services. Respond to
at least two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 4 Quiz

1.Question :The ability-to-pay method of wage determination is not influenced by the:

2.Question :The use of job evaluation to establish relative wage rates is:
3.Question :Negotiators commonly use at least three different standards when
determining basic wage rates at the bargaining table.
4.Question :The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 provided that:

5.Question :Supplementary unemployment benefits are:

6.Question :A weakness of the comparative-norm method of wage determination is that it
is at times misleading to compare employees within a particular job classification,
because the content of jobs may be substantially different among plants within the same
labor market.
7.Question :The comparative norm principle of wage determination is often valid for
economic, sociological, and psychological reasons.
8.Question :Non-wage economic benefits should not be considered part of a firms total
wage bill because these are indirect payments and, therefore, do not cost a firm as much
as direct payments.
9.Question :The growth in pension plans in labor relations can be attributed to:
10.Question :In many collective bargaining agreements:
11.Question :The problems inherent in using cost of living as a determinant in wage
negotiations is that wages are bargained for a future period, whereas cost of living data
are historical in nature.
12.Question :Which of the following standards is not used at the bargaining table for the
purpose of determining a wage rate?

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BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 1 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 and is consistent with U.S. legal principles. Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.

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BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 2 Evaluating Conflict

Analyze and evaluate whether unionized organizations reduce the level of conflict
between management and labor, or exacerbate this conflict. Defend your case with
appropriate examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates postings

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BUS

372

Week

Final

Assignment

Working

Together Unions and Management

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. There may be some truth to both perceptions. The
final paper is intended to provide a blueprint or roadmap on the effective strategies an
organization can implement to create and maintain a conducive working relationship
with unions, as well as the effective strategies a union can implement to create and
maintain a conducive working relationship with management.
Briefly describe the role of management in an organization.
Similarly, briefly discuss the role of a union in an organization.

Finally, present:
A minimum of two (2) strategies/actions an organization can implement to create and
maintain a conducive working relationship with unions.
A minimum of two (2) strategies/actions a union can implement to create and maintain a
conducive working relationship with management.

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