...HR Strategy Responding to a Union Organizing Drive Elisha Hogue Prof. Melanie R.B. Morris Labor Relation According to the scenario the UAW organization contacted the ACE workers to join their union organization. Two workers were talking about UAW union organization, and as HR Manager I have overheard them talking. My duties and responsibilities are to inform the managers about our role as a company, and inform them that we are oppose to unions for various reasons. Before responding to a union drive, I need know tactics and steps used by union organizers, and approach management with alternative ways to approach union drives. First step is making the employees aware that the company is opposed to unions, and we are prepared for any lawsuit to remain union free. Also being careful that the company doesn’t engage in any unfair labor practices. Reminding everyone in the company about our policies, benefits, and competitive pay against other companies. Making sure that the primary goal of the company is to treat everyone with respect, fairness, and having an open ear and door for them. I need concentrate and discourse any reason why I believe employees might want to join a union. Address their concerns they might have, and educating the employees about the disadvantages of unions. The unions disadvantages can lead to violence, terminations of employment, dues and initiation fees, union membership requirements, and etc. Meeting with supervisor and mangers to discuss any...
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...Email us support@hwmojo.com Week 1 DQ 1 "Public Human Resource Management" Please respond to the following: • Analyze the topics discussed in Chapter 1, with the exception of the laws. Select two topics and discuss two positive effects and two challenges the topic poses for human resource departments in the public sector. Follow this Format when responding: Positive Effect 1 Place your response here! Positive Effect 1 Place your response here! Challenges 1 Place your response here! Challenges 2 Place your response here! References: Cite your sources for information and data provided, just as you would in any written assignment. See the Citations.doc (Located in the Student Center) for more information. Week 1 DQ 2 "Public Human Resource Management in the News" Please respond to the following: • From the e-Activities, discuss the current event you reviewed from the selected agency and determine the cause of the issue, noting if the cause was due to neglected public bureaucracies from elected and appointed officials. Discuss at least two results of the issue. Follow this Format when responding: Current event and cause of the issue Place your response here! Was cause due to neglected public bureaucracies from elected and appointed officials? Place your response here! Discuss at least two results of the issue: 1) Place your response here! 2) Place your response here! References: Cite your sources for information and data provided, just...
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...The public and private sectors are heading in opposite directions in labor-management relations. Private sector employers and unions are collaborating in an effort to meet the requirements of today's business realities; While recent government cutbacks have damaged the relationship between the public sector and its unions. Unions remain an important political factor (especially within the Democratic Party), both through mobilization of their own memberships and through coalitions with like-minded activist organizations. Both the private and public unions are very influential in politics but in different ways. In public unions, they are more influential in the local government and Private unions are more influential at the national level. This is due to their interest. Private unions are usually much bigger and have local unions across the country and thus they need to be political at the national level to influence people across the country. Public unions are smaller in they only needing political influence over there area. For example, if a City is having a bargaining issue, they are not going to call their Senator; they are going to call the City Manager. That is the person that has influence over their decisions. American union membership in the private sector has in recent years fallen under 9%--levels not seen since 1932. Workers seem uninterested in joining, and strike activity has almost faded away. The labor force in unionized automobile and steel plants...
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...-747 BY BENJAMIN I. OFFOR-S111R0005 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND EMPLOYEE REPORTING IN AN ORGANIZATION SUMMER 2012-08-29 LECTURER: DR. KARTAKOULLIS NICOS Abstract The hidden role which employees perform in an organization has solicited considerable attention all over the world. The debate is that employees increase the performance of organizations through effective and efficient collective bargaining process which is the most effective instrument in the hands of employees for improving their living conditions. This work tries to examine the need for organizations to account for collective bargaining and their employees’ activities in their annual reports. This work suggests that organizations (private, government or multinationals), should consider the need to expand the content of their annual reports such as collective bargaining accounts, employee report. The human resources department should also try to understand the level of contributions made by stakeholders in the corporate survival and growth of the firms in this 21st century. INTRODUCTION The term “collective bargaining” has always brought strong emotion in people no matter which side a person was on. The process of collective bargaining between management and union officials has historically been adversarial in nature, causing great rifts in an organizational- decision making process. The very first union was a disorganized attempt at organizing workers to rally for basic labor rights. Unionization...
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...Labor Laws and Unions Marla Pardue HRM/531 February 11, 2013 Kathy Butler Labor Laws and Unions The profession of nursing has been around since 1866 in America. The profession began as one not so highly regarded in society. Initially prostitutes were hired as nurses. Then nursing developed into a handmaiden role where women who had joined a convent tended to the sick. No matter who assumed the role as a nurse, it was seen as a menial role in society. The nurses were at the mercy of the physicians. They were not seen as a valuable part of the medical community. Their primary purpose was to sit with the ill, bathe them and clean their linens when dirty. It wasn’t until nurses like Florence Nightingale started demanding respect for the profession of nursing that the field was recognized as one of importance. Florence Nightingale laid the groundwork for the profession of nursing. Eventually, nursing began to demand more respect in the medical community. Nursing degrees were more difficult to obtain and required high standards for admission into the schools of nursing. In approximately 1980, there began a shortage of nurses. This began for many reasons. Lack of nursing educators, long hours and the physical demand of the work are some of the most apparent reasons. Even though nursing had used collective bargaining for longer than 60 years, nursing unions did not really begin to surface until management refused to involve nurses in negotiations regarding nursing...
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...diverse organizations formed to protect and promote the shared political objectives of their members. Interest groups have become important than political parties in some ways. Interest groups influence campaign assistance and direct democracy as well as legislatures in the lobby's beneath the capitol dome. Interest group influence is found throughout California's link the constitution. Such protections are often written into the Constitution making alteration difficult because of constitutional amendments require the approval of the electorate. Different interest have benefited throughout California's current full history. Agriculture interest have remain strong through all these periods. Banking and service businesses tower over manufacturing well high-tech industries have surpassed defense and aerospace. Vocation related associations are routinely lobby stay government. Public interest groups are also part of the ever-growing a mix. California politicians often find themselves in responding to the demands of interest groups rather than governing them. Interest groups vary in size, resources, and goals. Economic groups seek various financial gains our hope to prevent loss is dominate the state interest group environment. Often individual corporations or businesses with similar goals...
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...Internship report at a glance Name of the Tropics 1. Chapter One Introduction 2. Chapter Two ❖ An Appraisal of National Bank Ltd. 3. Chapter Three General Banking 4. Chapter Four ❖ Services of National Bank 5. Chapter Five ❖ Foreign Exchange 6. Chapter Six Daily activities of Bank 7. Chapter Seven ❖ Other activities of National bank ltd 8. Chapter Eight ❖ Recommendation & Conclusion. Chapter one Introduction 1.1 An overview of National Bank Ltd. N ational Bank Limited is regarded as the pioneer in the private sector banking of Bangladesh. National Bank started its journey with the noble vision of diversifying banking activities into different activities of client service. The bank is also committed to fulfill its responsibilities to the society and the country. National Bank Limited has its prosperous past, glorious present, prospective future and under processing projects and activities. Established as the first private sector Bank fully owned by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, NBL has been flourishing as the largest private sector Bank with the passage of time after facing many stress and strain. The member of the board of directors is creative businessman and leading industrialist of the country. To keep pace with time and in harmony with national and international economic activities and for rendering all modern services, NBL, as a financial institution automated...
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...Internship report at a glance Name of the Tropics 1. Chapter One Introduction 2. Chapter Two ❖ An Appraisal of National Bank Ltd. 3. Chapter Three General Banking 4. Chapter Four ❖ Services of National Bank 5. Chapter Five ❖ Foreign Exchange 6. Chapter Six Daily activities of Bank 7. Chapter Seven ❖ Other activities of National bank ltd 8. Chapter Eight ❖ Recommendation & Conclusion. Chapter one Introduction 1.1 An overview of National Bank Ltd. N ational Bank Limited is regarded as the pioneer in the private sector banking of Bangladesh. National Bank started its journey with the noble vision of diversifying banking activities into different activities of client service. The bank is also committed to fulfill its responsibilities to the society and the country. National Bank Limited has its prosperous past, glorious present, prospective future and under processing projects and activities. Established as the first private sector Bank fully owned by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, NBL has been flourishing as the largest private sector Bank with the passage of time after facing many stress and strain. The member of the board of directors is creative businessman and leading industrialist of the country. To keep pace with time and in harmony with national and international economic activities and for rendering all modern services, NBL, as a financial institution automated all its branches with computer network...
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... 267-273-4880 Cell Career Objective ||To become an employee of your organization as an accountant and to make significant contributions that will lead to company profitability and personal career growth.| - Education ||Bachelor of Science in Accounting, May, 2011-Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO-Major: Accounting---A.A. in Accounting, Colorado Technical University, 2009| - Relevant Coursework ||• Basics of Accounting and Decision Making• Business Concepts• Financial Accounting• Financial Statement Analysis• Accounting Fundamentals-| - Relevant Experience ||Personal Banking/Teller 5/2010 - 9/2010Bucks First Federal Credit Union Bristol, PA-Regional credit union with two offices in the Southeast of Bucks County-• -Check the daily audit at the end of the working day.• Sometime work as a teller in providing customer service and do my balances at the end of my shift.• Assisted in a variety of bookkeeping tasks to include receiving and accounts payable whenever needed due to short staff.-· Guest/Customer Service Representative 8/1999 – 2003Merrill Lynch Conference Center, Plainsboro, NJ· Checking in/out Guest· Reporting Daily Audit for Accounting Dept· Receiving and Responding to calls | - ||| - Aria Health 10/2010 – Present · Data...
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...For grievance procedures to be effective, both parties should view them as a positive force that facilitates the open discussion of issues. In some cases, the settling of grievances becomes a sort of scorecard that reinforces an "us versus them" mentality between labor and management. Therefore, management will provide counter-proposals until an agreement is reached. According to Walter Johnson, “The National Labor Relations Act and other laws forbid management from interfering with the formation of a union or other organization to demand improvements in working conditions or wages, so long as this does not interfere with production.” When an employee or non-exempt employee filled for overtime grievance; several information pertaining to the employee or non-exempt employee must be submitted for review. Often, the request includes information going back several years. That information may or should contain the following information:- a. Listing of all overtime earned by each unit employee including the date/pay period in which the overtime was worked, the amount of overtime pay received, the employee’s payday number, job series, grade, step and FLSA status. b. Copies of all standardized forms used for any purpose relating to requesting or approving overtime, compensatory time for non-exempt employees. c. Copies of any regulations, instructions, or guidelines provided to supervisors regarding approval or denial of request s for overtime, compensatory time for non-exempt employees...
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...OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY: AMUL Amul was set up in 1946 and its full form is Anand Milk- producers Union Ltd. The Brand Amul is a movement in dairy cooperative in India. The management of the brand name is done by the Gujarat Co- operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) which is a cooperative organization. The establishment of Amul is also known as White Revolution. OPERATION OF MILK Milk procurement activity at AMUL comprises development and servicing of village societies, increasing milk collection, procurement of milk from societies & its transport to the chilling locations, and resolving problems of farmers and village societies. The field staff of this division also help village societies interface with the Union on various issues ranging from improvement of collection, resolving disputes, repair of equipment’s to obtaining financing for purchase of equipment etc.. In essence, it procures from multiple production plants (the thirteen Unions), which in turn procure from the Village Societies registered with each Union. GCMMF distributes its products through third party distribution depots that are managed by distributors who are exclusive to GCMMF. These distributors are also responsible for servicing retail outlets all over the country. GCMMF sales staff manages this process. Retailing of GCMMF’s products takes place through the FMCG retail network in India most of whom are small retailers. Liquid milk is distributed by vendors who...
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...operations and managements professional conduct under the two significantly differing environments unionized and union free. As XYZ faces the union organizing campaign thoroughly understanding the basic differences, actions as well as statements allowed and prohibited is vital for management during the campaign because both the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Taft-Hartley Act prohibit employers from discriminating against employees for participating in union activities (NLRB.Gov n.d.). It must be understood viewpoints on operating in a unionized and a union free environment differ between employers and the success of XYZ during the union organizing campaign will greatly depend on management’s thorough understanding of the differing advantages. My overall mission is to make sure the XYZ makes the right decision for our company’s strategic goals both in electing for a union free environment and managements conduct when facing the union campaigning. Thank you, HR Director Introduction Unions hold a significant role in the communication between the employers, and the employees. The Unions main objective is to protect the welfare of its members. Employers have many opinions when there is a need to operate in a unionized, and union free environments. Although it may be argued a unionized environment is best, in reality this is the opposite. A union free...
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...Due to the ever evolving changes in society healthcare manager face new challenges developing methods to manage healthcare organizations. The postmodern complex adaptive system was developed as a result of these changes. Prior to developing the postmodern complex adaptive system healthcare manager were unable to be productive and manage in a proficient manner. Due to unproductive management healthcare managers faced new task leading to poor organizational choices. In the subsequent subsection’s ten developments are addressed identifying poor management choices and error, and then apply postmodern complex adaptive system theory illustrating healthier solutions. In chapter five, Johnson (2009) identify the initial managerial error of “failing to account for employees’ ability to learn safe machine operation methods by experimenting on their own with ways to speed up production and thereby reduce the effect they are required to use” (page 80). Issues in this illustration indicates limitations placed on the employee performing his or her occupation specifying the perspective of management discerns the best resourceful method of the employee performing the job. An effective resolution for the manager is to allow the employee freedom to make additional and novel proficient methods to accomplish his or her occupation. “CAS theory teaches us that order in a system may well be a result of the properties of the system itself, rather than some intentionality on the part of some...
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...Business Case Analysis Wael M. Zaoud MGT 521 May 28, 2012 Clance Doelling MBA, BSME Business Case Analysis Executive Summary The third week assignment examines The Boeing Company (BA) strategic initiatives taken in relative to the organization and operation adaptation to the developing competitive environment. Boeing operates as a global company and facing tough competition recently from Airbus, Lockheed Martin, EADS, Northrop Grumman, etc. Politics, finance, economy, and resources (to name a few) impact the global market in which Boeing operates. As a result, Boeing needs to constantly evaluate its global strategy and the tactics it uses to capture the market and maintain growth. Economic Trends Recent global events, including regional political turmoil, natural disasters, and debt crises, have affected global economic growth. While global growth is expected to recover, the risk of persistent high oil prices and debt contagion could have lasting effects on the economy (The Boeing Company, n.d.). Economic growth also could be affected by slowing trade liberalization in some regions. Reduced liberalization could prolong the recovery period, affecting the demand for air travel and new airplanes. Though recent data indicates that the global economy continues to recover, the pace of the recovery in 2011 has moderated compared to 2010. High oil prices, natural disasters (Japan earthquake) and resulting consequences in a politically unrest Middle East area pose as primary...
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...QUESTION REVIEWS 1) What microenvironmental factors have affected Xerox’s performance since the late 1990s? The microenvironmental factors are: a) Xerox as a company had financial problems. There was huge churn in stocks & revenue decrease due to rapid change towards digital environment. b) Being dominant in the photocopying industry, Xerox has been focusing on perfecting their copier machines and failed to adapt change in market demand which has started to move towards digital technology. Unfortunate for Xerox, their competitors like Sharp, Canon and Ricoh have managed to meet customer demand with digital document management systems & solution, by then it was too late for Xerox. c) Customers are more interested in creating digital documents and sharing documents electronically and no longer relies on Xerox stand-alone copiers. 2) What macroenvironmental factors have affected Xerox’s performance during that same period? The macroenvironmental factors are: a) Demographic – Better education and skill, increasing the need of innovation and sophisticated solution. Expending business of customers required with more reliable fast document management solutions. b) Technological – Most dramatic force for shaping future, rapid changes, less costly choice, turning markets and opportunities for more sophisticated solutions. c) Economy – Great recession affect the consumer purchasing power and spending pattern. d) Cultural –...
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