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Organization A - Values & Regulations (Sessions 3 & 4)
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- 1What are values?Values are relatively stable beliefs in the excellence of a certain ideal state of existence...
... or in the goodness of certain social institutions or certain forms of individual behavior - 2What are fundamental values?Ideal states of existence
Ultimate finalities of action
--> Comfortable life, equality, freedom, health, wealth - 3What are instrumental values?Means, resources used to achieve fundamental values
--> Ambition, courage, helpfulness, honesty, logic... - 4What is a culture?System of meanings which are shared by members of a society
Defines what is good and bad, right or wrong, and what are appropriate ways for members to think and behave - 5Briefly describe the meaning of work for ancient culturesGreeks: Slavery. Best life is leisure life
Romans: Same as Greeks
Hebrews: Work is unpleasant, but can purify
Early Christianity: Work is not noble, not rewarding/satisfying - 6What did the Reformation change?- Work = Serving god
Treated positively
Leisure = Failure, disgrace - 7What are Work Ethics?Set of values which stresses the importance of work to identity and sense of worth of the individual
Encourages an attitude of diligence, duty - 8What is Alienation?A state of existence in which human beings are not fulfilling their humanity
- 9Intrinsic VS Extrinsic driversIntrinsic - We do something because we like it
--> Satisfaction IN job (Joy, fun, meaning)
--> Expressive meaning of work
Extrinsic - We do something because of external incentives
--> Satisfaction WITH job (Salary)
-->Instrumental meaning of work - 10Instrumental work orientationEarning income is the motivation
Separates working life from home life - 11Bureaucratic work orientationProviding service to an organization in return for career progress
Joy of job is the motivation
Overlaps working and non-working life - 12What is an implicit contract?Tacit agreement made between the employer and the employed about what the employee will "put in" to the job, and the rewards and benefits exchanged
- 13What is a psychological contract?Mutual expectation formed between the employee and employer
Actual terms remain implicit and are not written down anywhere - 14How does control vary between different levels?High Levels <--> High Trust
People are willing to comply with the org. due to the high rewards (Indirect control)
Low levels <--> Low Trust
People receive low pay so they need direct control - 15Why does the LM have to be regulated?Market is not fast enough by itself
- To have humane wages
- To provide equal opportunities - 16Important dates on the history of labor law1802 - England - First piece of law labor, limiting hours to 12/day
1819 - England - Prohibiting child labor under 9yrs
1938 - USA - Minimun wage - 17What is a Labor Union / Trade Union?Legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest
Formed for the purpose of collectively negotiating with an employer over wages, working hours, etc. - 18Describe Union Presence & PowerDetermined by various factors such as:
- Level of membership
- Structure of membership
- ... - 19What do unions do?- Strikes
- Lobby
- Raise awareness
- Negotiate - 20What is the Tripartite?< Gov - Org - Union >
- 21What is a union confederation?Group of labor unions
Usually from the industry or service sector or at a national / supranational level...
- ETUC (European Trade Union Conf.)
- ITUC (Internat. Trade Union Conf.) - 22What is Union Concentration/Centralisation?Existence of a few trade unions that are organized along the industry sectors
Predominant in the EU - 23What is an Umbrella?Multiple trade unions which fiercely compete for members and have no clearly defined industry boundaries
- 24What is Union Density?Membership / Total workforce
Union members with pad employment as a proportion of all employed wae and salary earners - 25What is Union Coverage?(% Workers whose work issues are determined by CB)
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Total work-force - 26What is Organized Decentralization?A phenomenon where social partners delegate the right to negotiate on certain issues to company-level representatives
- 27What are the Legal Basis of collective Industrial Relations?1) Right to constitute and freedom to join trade unions (Fundamental rights of EU)
2) Mandatory employee representation by ECJ (Eur. Courts of Justice)
3) Collective agreements may be legally enforced - 28Distributive VS Integrative NegotiationsDistributive - I win, you lose
Integrative - I win, you win - 29What is an Objective Point? And a Resistance Point?OP - The point of final agreement - within each party's negotiation range - considered the most favorable
RP - The least favorable agreement point within the possible negotiation range
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- Organization A - Values & Regulations Cards
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- Yago Gimeno · may 2015
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