WorksheetsINDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY - MODULE I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
1-Industrial relations cover the following area(s)
Collective bargaining
Labour legislation
Industrial relations training
All of the above
Which of the following is not an approach to industrial relations?
Marxist Approach
Employee’s Approach
Systems Approach
Oxford Approach
Max Weber gave the _______________________ to Industrial Relations.
Social Action Approach
Materialistic Action Approach
Logical Action Approach
Industrial Action Approach
What is industry ?
Industry refers to a factory where products are made for consumption in an economy.
Industry refers to the place where the goods are produced for consumption in an economy.
Industry refers to the place where the goods and services are produced for consumption in an economy.
Industry refers to the place where services are produced for consumption in an economy.
Industrial Sociology is ________________________________
a theoretical sub-discipline of sociology
an applied sub-discipline of sociology
a hybrid of industrial studies and social studies
a branch of organisational sociology
Which of the following are included in the subject matter of industrial sociology?
Bureaucracy
Study of Functions
Study of Functional Group
Analysis of Industrial Relationships
Influence of Industrialism on the Individual
Importance of Industrial Sociology is reflected in its role in aspects of ________________________
Stability in Industrial Society
Remedies to Problems of Industrial Society
Helping in Personality Development
Peace and Prosperity
Industrial Planning
Industrial Sociology is a relatively _______________branch of sociology.
young
old
Within Sociology which thinker has discussed industrial institutions in his work?
Durkheim
Weber
Marx
All of the above
As a separate branch of study, Industrial Sociology truly blossomed with experiments at _____________?
Hawthorne Works in Chicago, of the Western Electric Company, conducted by George Elton Mayo and associates.
Hawthorne Works in Chicago, of the Western Electric Company, conducted by Adam Smith and associates.
Hawthorne Works in Chicago, of the Western Electric Company, conducted by Max Weber and associates.
Hawthorne Works in Chicago, of the Western Electric Company, conducted by Karl Marx and associates.
Industry as a social system can be understood through the work of which thinker?
Parsons
Weber
Smith
Marx
Industry is a subsystem of a super ordinate system i.e. _______________system.
economic
modern
social
capitalist
Working class can be defined as
The people who have comparatively little power or authority.
The people who do their jobs under more or less close supervision
The people who have little control over the pace or the content of their work
They people who are not anyone's boss.
All of the above
In the 21st century, there is evidence of ___________________
working-class embourgeoisement
working-class disenfranchisement
working-class alienation
working-class deterioration
The nature of work is changing as a result of advances in __________________
globalization
capitalism
technology
policy
Unorganized Informal Sector is characterized by ..............
workplace is scattered and fragmented
no formal employer – employee relationship
the sector is not registered
it has no fixed terms of employment
According to the Gandhian Approach, strike is ......................
never an option
the last option
the first option
always an option
who coined the phrase of ‘Collective Bargaining’ ?
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Symond and Betty Wilson
Adam Smith and Karl Marx
Sydney and Beatrice Webb
Types of Collective Bargaining include......................
Conjunctive
Cooperative
Productivity
Composite
The parties try to maximize their respective gains in _______________ bargaining
Conjunctive
Cooperative
Productivity
Composite
When both parties realize the importance of surviving in difficult times, _________________ barging takes place.
Conjunctive
Composite
Cooperative
Productivity
Trade unions often blame ______________ bargaining for increasing the workload of the labour class.
Productivity
Cooperative
Conjunctive
Composite
Which of the following as the largest scope?
Composite Bargaining
Conjunctive Bargaining
Productivity Bargaining
Cooperative Bargaining
Collective bargaining in important because _______________
it controls labour problems.
it improves quality and quantity of production
it enhances labour productivity.
it improves industrial relations
all of the above
What is essential for effective collective bargaining?
Favorable organizational climate
Non-interference of outside political leadership
Strong trade unions
Legislation for compulsory collective bargaining
all of the above
