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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Entire Course

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of
  Unionization

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 1 The Role of
  Unionization
• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 2 Meeting Member Needs
• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 1 Profit Interest and
  Employee Interest
• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 2 Union Requirements
• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 Assignment Changing
  Landscape of Unions
• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 Quiz

• Assess the changing complexion of the U.S. labor
  force and how it directly affects the role of
  unionization in the workplace. Respond to at
  least two of your classmates' postings.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 1 DQ 2 Meeting Member Needs

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 Assignment Changing
  Landscape of Unions

• Given today's globally competitive work
  environment, assess whether larger, more powerful
  unions (similar to AFL-CIO and SEIU) favorably
  represent their members or whether smaller, more
  targeted unions would better meet the needs of
  their members. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings

• To complete this assignment, go to this week's
  Assignment link in the left navigation
• Changing Landscape of Unions
• At the inception of unions, its members consisted
  of "blue-collar" workers concentrated in the
  manufacturing sector. Today, only about 35 of
  union members remain in this sector, requiring
  unions to expand beyond manufacturing to broaden
  their membership ranks.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 1 Profit Interest and
  Employee Interest

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 DQ 2 Union Requirements

• Capitalism is directed towards the pursuit of
  profits and unions are directed towards the
  rights of its workers." Discuss how these
  opposing viewpoints can be advantageous, yet
  destructive, to the business community. Respond
  to at least two of your classmates' postings.

• A basic requirement of unions is for members to
  give up their individual rights (e.g., raises
  based on performance) to benefit the collective
  (e.g., cost of living increases to all
  employees). Discuss your opinion on whether this
  is equitable and fair. Respond to at least two of
  your classmates' postings.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 2 Quiz

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 3 Assignment Contract
  Negotiations

• 1. Question Most senior pilots
  at major U.S. airlines annually earn
• 2. Question In a recent year,
  non-union workers in the United States had median
  weekly earnings of 699
• 3. Question Labors successes
  have always emanated from

• To complete this assignment, go to this week's
  Assignment link in the left navigation
• Contract Negotiations
• Contract negotiations require considerable
  education, experience, and training. Trained
  negotiators have a solid set of knowledge and
  skill that often enables them to garner a more
  favorable contract for their party.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 1 Strikes

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 2 Grievance and
  Arbitration

• Strikes affect the income of members, the
  reputation of the union, and the financial
  position of an employer. Describe the
  circumstances where a strike would be an
  appropriate bargaining tactic and where it would
  be inappropriate. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

• Discuss how the use of the grievance and
  arbitration processes and procedures can enhance
  the relationship between a union and management,
  and where it can be destructive. Respond to at
  least two of your classmates' postings.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 3 Quiz

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 1 Strategy Analysis

• 1. Question
• Which of the following is not a responsibility or
  personal quality needed in an arbitrator?
• 2. Question In Canada, where
  card checks are widely used, union membership is
  
• 3. Question
• Which of the following constitutes an unfair
  employer practice?

• Assess the circumstances when it would be more
  appropriate for an organization to follow the
  comparative norm strategy to determine an
  employees' wage rate, versus the ability-to-pay
  or the cost of living strategy. Respond to at
  least two of your classmates' postings.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 1 Strikes

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 3 DQ 2 Grievance and
  Arbitration

• Strikes affect the income of members, the
  reputation of the union, and the financial
  position of an employer. Describe the
  circumstances where a strike would be an
  appropriate bargaining tactic and where it would
  be inappropriate. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

• Discuss how the use of the grievance and
  arbitration processes and procedures can enhance
  the relationship between a union and management,
  and where it can be destructive. Respond to at
  least two of your classmates' postings.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 4 DQ 2 Organizational
  Competitiveness

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 4 Quiz

• Employees represented by a union are paid
  approximately 30 more (in terms of pay and
  benefit costs) versus those employees not
  represented by a union. Discuss how an
  organization whose employees are represented by a
  union can remain competitive against an
  organization whose employees are not represented
  by a union.

• 1. Question In many collective
  bargaining agreements
• 2. Question Dismissal pay is
• 3. Question Negotiators commonly
  use at least three different standards when
  determining basic wage rates at the bargaining
  table.
• 4. Question
• The ability-to-pay method of wage determination
  is not influenced by the

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 1 Agency Shop

• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 5 DQ 2 Evaluating Conflict

• Unions state that individuals should be free to
  join, yet then argue that those organizations
  represented by a union should enforce the agency
  shop. Illustrate why this is not a contradictory
  practice and is consistent with U.S. legal
  principles. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

• Analyze and evaluate whether unionized
  organizations reduce the level of conflict
  between management and labor, or exacerbate this
  conflict. Defend your case with appropriate
  examples. Respond to at least two of your
  classmates' postings.

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• ASHFORD BUS 372 Week 5 Final Assignment Working
  Together Unions and Management

• Some unions feel that the organization does not
  compensate its members fairly, or the
  organizational working conditions are less than
  desired. Conversely, some employers feel unions
  interfere with management decisions and impede on
  a positive relationship between managers and
  employees. There may be some truth to both
  perceptions. The final paper is intended to
  provide a blueprint or roadmap on the
  effective strategies an organization can
  implement to create and maintain a conducive
  working relationship with unions, as well as the
  effective strategies a union can implement to
  create and maintain a conducive working
  relationship with management.

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