IB Business Management MCQ QuizIB_Business_Management_2_7 Indust

Identify the name of the process of negotiation over working conditions and pay between an employer and a group of employees (or their representatives).

• Collective bargaining

• Industrial action

• Negotiation

• Trade union action

Identify the organization that exists to protect the interests of a group of workers.

• Labour union

• Lobby group

• Pressure group

• Special interest group

Identify the function not performed by a trade union.

• Bargaining for higher pay

• Negotiating for increased job security

• Processing salaries and wage payments

• Pushing for safer working conditions

Identify the potential source of conflict in the workplace.

• Change in the terms and conditions of employment

• Ineffective internal communications

• Insufficient human and financial resources

• All of the above

Identify an employee negotiation method where employees perform only the tasks identified in their job description to disrupt efficiency and productivity.

• Collective bargaining

• Job-follow

• Strike action

• Work-to-rule

Identify the correct example of a negotiation tactic available to employers.

• Appraisals

• Arbitration

• Lockouts

• Strike action

Identify the type of industrial action that involved employees refusing to work.

• Industrial action

• Resignation

• Strike action

• Work-to-rule

What is the term used to describe the method of changing the terms and conditions of employment for employees of the organization?

• Change of contract

• Closure

• Collective bargaining

• Lockout

Which options best describes the difference between strike action and a lockout?

• Strike action means no work, but there is some work during a lockout

• Strike action has a limited duration, lockouts can last a long time

• Strike action is legal, whereas a lockout can be illegal

• Strike action is used by employees, lockouts are used by employers

Identify the employer negotiation tactic whereby the premises of the business is shut down indefinitely, perhaps as a threat to future closures, downsizing, and job losses.

• Closure

• Collective bargaining

• No-strike agreement

• Threat of redundancies