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Employee Relations(Hrmg 543) Question Paper

Employee Relations(Hrmg 543)

Course:Business Administration

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2011

TIME: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question One and any other Three questions
Question One
Sky Park Ltd is an electronic manufacturing company with production units in five different Locations in Kenya operating for more than 20 years. The company employs a total of about 15000 workers and other supervisory and managerial employees. There are 3-5 trade unions each in each of the units and on an average 10-15 of the workers are actively involved in trade union work, though most workers pay the nominal union subscription. The leaders of the unions are a combination of outsiders and inside workers, though decision making in the unions is often dictated by politically motivated external reasons.
In the past Sky Park Ltd had to face difficult industrial relations situations leading to three major strikes lasting for more than two weeks each. All the three strikes had started soon after the company had signed an agreement with one of the unions and invariably the strike was able, to bring all the unions of the concerned unit together for a settlement. The 1996 agreement in one, of the units is coming to a close in December 1999.
Question One
If you were the managing director in sky park Ltd, discuss the approaches you would use to manage the trade unions
(10mks)
What conditions do you suggest should be in place for collective bargaining take place successfully
(10mks)
What challenges do you think are facing these trade unions in Kenya today
(10mks)
Differentiate between arbitration and mediation
(10mks)

Question Two
Discuss the state of trade unions in Kenya
(10mks)
In your opinion, is COTU really necessary give reasons for your answer (10mks)
Question Three
Under what conditions can a strike be cleared illegal
(10mks)
Discuss the variance types of strikes
(10mks)

Question Four
Discuss the main parties in the employer employee relationship (20mks)
Question Five
Industrial relations involve the ruler governing workplace relations and the institutions established to govern and enforce there rules. There are three main model used to manage industrial relations using relevant examples, discuss them
(20mks)

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