Multiple Choice Marks

2nd MGTA02 Mid-Term

                     July 12, 2006

       Correct Answers to

MCQs (both versions) and

SAQs (questions 3 and 4)

                shown below

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Question No.   Correct Answer

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Model Answers for Questions 3 and 4 of the SAQs

Question 3                                                                                                                              5 marks

In Canada, unions benefit from the fact that most places of business with unionized employees operate what is commonly known as either “an agency shop” or “the Rand formula”. Explain the essential characteristics of “agency shop” or “Rand formula”.

Answer 3

The main characteristic of the “Rand formula” is, in essence, that you must pay for the benefits that you derive from your place of employment being unionized, whether you choose to become a member of the Union or not.

The principal behind the “agency shop” or the “Rand formula” is that ALL employees within a bargaining unit benefit from the higher wages, improved benefits, and better working conditions that collective bargaining should bring. Therefore, regardless of whether an employee chooses to become a card-carrying member of the Union, he/she must pay Union dues. Under the “Rand Formula or “agency shop” the employer automatically deducts these fees from the workers paycheck, and forwards the proceeds to the Union.

While there is no uniform way of phrasing or structuring the correct answer, I would look for the following key phrases/ideas when awarding the 5 marks:

1. membership in the union is optional
2. all relevant employees are in the bargaining unit
3. all members of the bargaining unit benefit from union activities
4. therefore all members of the bargaining unit must pay union dues
5. the employer deducts the dues and sends them directly to the union

Question 4                                                                                                                      5 Marks

Explain why the first few firms to adopt the Principles of Scientific Management (for example the Ford Motor Corporation) found that productivity increased dramatically, for a short period of time, then started to decline again.

Answer 4

Through the use of “Scientific Management”, Frederick W Taylor wanted to improve the efficiency of workers. He reasoned that, if workers can produce more, the employer could afford to pay them more.

To increase the speed and efficiency of their performance, Taylor analysed workers' jobs. Using time and motion studies, Taylor and his industrial engineers performed job analyse. Each complex or time-consuming job was broken down into a large number of simple, separate tasks.

Then, according to the theory each worker was required to specialize in performing simple repetitive tasks. In theory, requiring each worker to perform a small number of simple, repetitive tasks would remove inefficiencies and minimise wasted time. Thus productivity should increase

Taylor's experiment: increased productivity in the short term.

Problem with Scientific Theory

People were being treated as machines. i.e. they were given no scope for creativity or problem solving, not asked to have any imagination or ambition.

The endless performance of boring, repetitive tasks led to increased alienation, boredom, and disaffection. Bored workers may be efficient in the short term, but they are not motivated by a job which presents no interest, no challenges, no opportunities to learn or improve.