Final Paper

A union is an organization of workers who join together in order to have a voice in improving their jobs and the quality of work within the organization. In many occasions, unions help employees of an organization negotiate pay, benefits, flexible hours and other work conditions that may arise. Unions have a role because some degree of conflict is inevitable between workers and management (Noe, 2003). In this paper, I will be discussing the impact of unions and labor relations within an organization.

Companies can just settle for fewer profits by absorbing the increase cost of their current labor supply instead of dismissing workers. This is one method might be the least popular method and the least used by firms. Using this approach decreases the company’s net profit. This method should only be used by firms in a strong financial position and there is no other approach that can be used.

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1. How do you evaluate this approach to workforce reduction? What (if anything) did Abbott do right and what did he do wrong? What additional information do you need about the downsizing effort in order to fully understand the process?

The changes brought up labor unions in the United States over recent history has brought about a movement. This specific movement has shaped the way that employees and workers are treated in the workforce,and how they maintain their quality of life through this employment. Many people think that the labor unions’ influence has created a power struggle between management and union leaders. In many cases this can be considered true, as there have been countless feuds between management teams and labor unions, especially in recent history. In today’s times, on the one hand, some people believe the existence of unions are a necessity in order to ensure and promote employee freedom; while on the other hand some people view labor unions as just another problem in the line of employee success.

When making this type of decision to downsize your unionized plants, employers want to be sure the decision is made fairly and does not give any discrimination towards the 200 employees that would be terminated.

Rachel Krueger, I agree with is that being proactive and preparing the management response is key to combat unionization. As management, we have an opportunity to guide other and provide us an opportunity to imitate God character. God character as provided in James 3:17 “…peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” Preparation allows us to imitate these characterizes as manager. I like that you use a real life example (America West Airlines) and was able to show how they executed handling potential unionization attempts. This is important because it allow us the measure our theory our textbook material with real world application. I had not considered the use of antiunion flyers. Since the rights

The issues that accompany the differences of not-profit and profit media outlets have developed exponentially in the last decade, in which profit media has become more concentrated and there has been an increasing need for not-profit media outlets, such as Al Jazeera. The Cable News Network (CNN) is a profit media giant based out of the United States and has been a leader in domestic and international news since it’s creation in 19801. Al Jazeera is a not-profit media outlet that has provided an unbiased opinion and has been recognized on an international level in the recent years following their reports on Osama Bin Laden in 20012. Al Jazeera has challenged the CNN because it has juxtaposed itself with the few media conglomerates that

Opposition from Unions in different subsidiaries against the layoff could cause serious problems like high severance package and possible strikes

The first collective employee reaction management will see, whether the entire reduction in force plan is revealed, would be that of the union(s) being up in arms that there will be any employees getting the pink slip. The on the job efficiencies and reduction in productiveness could occur if employees become disenfranchised and are left wondering on whether they have a job tomorrow. Managers and employees who generally have a minor trust issue normally will withdraw from each other, which will result in work team dysfunctional behaviors and creativity will stalemate. If left to its own devices, strikes, walkouts, or employee sabotage could become the extreme results of poorly constructed philosophy, policies, and management approaches.

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Some precautions should be considered while execute the process of layoff. The manager who conduct the layoff should not express his or her emotional feelings or threaten the terminated employee. The manager should not promise to rehire the employee at a later date, just to make that employee feel better. It might set the expectation for the terminated employee. If the employee will not be rehired, the company might face a legal issue for not keeping the promise. The company should be

Companies operate differently but in most cases employees choose to enter into the best agreement depending on exactly what is needed. Most employees understand the implications for not having the at-will rights, which will enable them to fire with little or no legalities and at the same time they know that it’s not easy firing a contracted employee, so it all comes down to the nature of the job and selecting the right person for the position.

McDonald’s is always keeping up with food trends and is continually tuned in to their customer’s needs and wants. Because of this, McDonald’s has successfully shifted into a more “healthy” approach to their menu. Within the last few years, many people have begun to switch to a more healthy diet. According to the Huffington Post, in 2014 more men, women and children alike have started paying more attention to what they are consuming. They have focused on “super” foods and have gone on fitness crazes. “An overarching trend that will continue into 2014 is the desire to eat locally sourced food.

This paper presents methods in which management can best coordinate and head a dismissal meeting during employee layoffs. These methods will touch on how management can best cope with the negative emotions associated with employee layoffs, how to conduct a proper dismissal meeting step by step, how compensation is determined for separated employees and how the impact of a dismissed employee affects a company as a whole. These methods will be best achieved by structured communication between management and employees. In addition, the paper will