According to the critical industrial relations perspective, the answer to "the labor problem" is:

A.New management methods.

B.Free market supply and demand.

C.Union representation.

D.Social unrest and agitation that will lead to worker control.

Which of the following best describes the pluralist view of conflict in the workplace?

A.No government involvement. Very few issues that arise in the workplace are characterized by conflict between interests of employers and employees.

B.Almost every issue that arises in the workplace is characterized by conflict between the interests of employers and employees.

C.The fact that there are multiple parties to the employment relationship doesn't mean that there are also competing interests between them.

D.Not all workplace issues can be thought of and resolved through a focus on shared interests between employers and employees.

According to the industrial relations school, the best method to increase bargaining power of workers in their relationships with management is to:

A.Support the formation of individual labor unions and collective bargaining.

B.Regulate markets to ensure that they are competitive.

C.Support the formation of employer and worker cooperatives.

D.Prosecute and fine employers who mistreat workers.

According to the mainstream economics view, unions are:

A.Tools of management that are used to suppress workers.

B.Monopolies that interfere with economic efficiency.

C.A symptom of poor management.

D.Effective at balancing the power between management and labor.

In a perfectly competitive labor market, the best protection an employee has against exploitation by his or her employer is:

A.Labor unions.

B.The government.

C.Other employers.

D.Other employees.

The basis for the drive system that characterized management in the early 1900s was the core belief that:

A.Labor was driven by its own desires and needs and therefore should have a voice in how it was managed.

B.Labor was like any other factor of production and should be driven to attain maximum production for the least cost.

C.Automation and replacement of human labor with machinery was paramount to organizational success.

D.The drive to succeed was so high that workers would be willing to do anything to get ahead.

1. Despite the poor working conditions and low wages, one safeguard that employees had in the early part of the 20^thcentury, was stability in employment because legally employers needed a good reason to fire someone.
3. True
4. False

Taken as a whole, U.S. labor law is most closely aligned with which one of the four schools of thought on the labor problem?

A.Critical Industrial relations school.

B.Mainstream economicsschool.

C.HR managementschool.

D.Industrial relations school.