Quizzes to test your knowledge and prepare for your exams with multiple choice questions.
1. The perspective on the employment relationship which suggests that organisations are unified entities in which all parties have common objectives is
a. unitarist
b. feminist
c. pluralist
d. Marxist
Ans: A
2. The perspective on the employment relationship which suggests that organisational conflict is inevitable and reflects deeper class conflict is
a. unitarist
b. feminist
c. pluralist
d. Marxist
Ans: D
3. Under the pluralist perspective, trade unions are seen as
a. troublemakers
b. legitimate mechanisms for the expression of employee views
c. a barrier to effective communication
d. reinforcing managerial prerogative
Ans: B
4. In Purcell and Sissons’ (1983) typology, firms in which workers are regarded as organisational assets and management seek to maximise employee identification with the aims of the company through HRM practices are referred to as
a. standard moderns
b. sophisticated Human Relations
c. sophisticated moderns
d. traditional
Ans: B
5. The term ‘trade union density’ refers to which of the following
a. the proportion of employers who recognise trade unions
b. the proportion of employers who are covered by collective bargaining
c. the proportion of the working population who are members of a trade union
d. the proportion of employees who are covered by collective bargaining
