Question

You are an I/O psychologist working as an independent consultant. You have been recently contacted by the CEO of a midsize manufacturing firm located in a large metropolitan area. You meet with the CEO later that day to find out he is very concerned about his company becoming unionized. When he pulled into the executive parking lot today, he noticed several employees congregating in the employee lot before work. He sent his assistant out into the employee lot to find out what was going on. The assistant came back with a flyer from a local union that he found on the ground. This union has organized several of the company's competitors in the area and nationwide. The assistant wasn't able to find any employee willing to talk to him to find out what spurred this interest in unionization. All employees denied that they were discussing the formation of a union. The CEO would like your help to prevent the formation of a union in his organization.

Questions:

1. What information would you want to find out about his company?

2. What information would you want to find out about unionized companies in this industry?

3. What information would you want to find out about this particular union?

4. What are the steps for the formation of a union?

5. What legal activities can management undertake to persuade employees not to unionize?

6. What management activities would be illegal in trying to prevent unionization?

Answer 1

1. What information would you want to find out about his company?

I will know about What are the manufacturing products of the company, Number of employess in that company, Turn over of that company, Conflicts in between company's authority figures and employess,salaries of that company's employees.

By knowing no.of employees,turn over information i can estimate company's current status. By knowing conflicts and employees salary i can estimate employees satisfaction and psychological state towards company.

2. What information would you want to find out about unionized companies in this industry?

How many companies are unionized and how much they paying to the employess.

By knowing that information i can compare unionized company's employees salary and this company's employee salary. Then i can find out that what spurred this interest in unionization.

3. What information would you want to find out about this particular union?

I will know about what are the dissatifications of employees in this particular union. What benefits they will get by unionization.

This information makes me findout the motto of this particular union.

4. What are the steps for the formation of a union?

1.Union leader findout the dissatisfactions in employees.

2.He gathers employees

3.Persuades their thoughts towards unionization.

4.Explains benefits by unionization

5.Forms union

5. What legal activities can management undertake to persuade employees not to unionize?

1.They can put judicial bonding system not to unionize while employees joining in company.

2.They can give satisfied salaries, bonuses

3.They can give benefits more than unions

6. What management activities would be illegal in trying to prevent unionization?

1.Warning employees by using their academic certificates.

2.Creating fear in employess interms of their bonuses, PF(Provident fund)

3.Misleading union leaders by using their authorities.