UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
College of Business
Management 408
Collective Bargaining and
Industrial Relations
D.M. Partridge
Fall 2006
SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR EXAM II
The questions below illustrate the type of questions one could expect to see on Exam II. The exam will
be 75 minutes in length. The exam will consist of six (with a choice out of seven) identification terms
[30%], 20 multiple choice questions [40%], and one (with a choice out of two) essay questions [30%].
Keep in mind that you are responsible for material covered in the text, class lecture and discussion, and
assigned supplemental readings. A good written answer is one that demonstrates command of the
basics; an excellent answer is one that goes beyond the basics to integrate text, class lecture and
discussion, and/or other things such as examples from supplemental readings or one’s work experiences.
Conversely, a deficient answer is one that fails to demonstrate a command of the basics.
Course Vocabulary.
Chapter Six
business unionism
job control unionism
craft unionism
industrial unionism
national union
union democracy
general union
rival unionism
AFL-CIO
union avoidance
union suppression
union substitution
ILO
Chapter Eight
distributive bargaining
integrative bargaining
attitudinal structuring
intraorganizational bargaining
mandatory bargaining item
permissive bargaining item
unilateral change
direct dealing
surface bargaining
bargaining power
bargaining structure
pattern bargaining
multilateral bargaining
Chapter Seven
authorization card
card-check
recognition strike
certification election
decertification election
appropriate bargaining unit
union instrumentality
laboratory conditions doctrine
captive audience meeting
Excelsior list
Chapter Nine
interest dispute
ULP strike
economic strike
lockout
permanent strike replacement
secondary boycott
work-to-rule
corporate campaign
mediation
interest arbitration
chilling effect
narcotic effect
fact-finding
Multiple Choice Questions. These questions will be based primarily on text material. Material covered
both in the text and in class has a greater likelihood of appearing on the exam.
Essay Questions. These questions will be quite similar to those appearing below. Students are
encouraged to develop outlines for the essays, working either alone or with classmates, although no
outlines may be brought into the examination.
1. “Union structure and government” refers to the organizational components of the labor
movement, the functions and governance of unions, and how these relate to and involve the
membership. Discuss:
a. the structure of the U.S. labor movement, including the concept of union democracy;
b. management goals and strategies; and
c.
2. “A company that gets a union deserves a union, and they usually deserve the kind they get.”
Evaluate this statement, including consideration of:
a. individual voting decisions and union campaigning;
b. management campaigning; and
c.
3. Bargaining power determines where a settlement will occur within a “positive contract zone.”
Discuss:
a. factors that influence the bargaining power of management and union;
b. the legal requirements of bargaining; and
c.
4. A bargaining impasse occurs when the parties are unable to move further toward settlement.
Discuss:
a. the rights of workers to strike, picket, and work-to-rule;
b. the right of management to operate during a strike, contract out struck work, and
lockout; and
c.