Workplace Dynamics & Professionalism
What effect does orderly and systematic behavior have on stress in the workplace?
What is "Reducing Stress"
This is the primary reason labor unions hold so much power in the business world
What is organizing workers into a single bargaining unit to increase their bargaining power?
This is a primary organizational benefit resulting from effective human relations in the workspace
What is increased cooperation?
This simple, daily action of arriving at your job on time is a primary way to show loyalty to your employer
What is coming to work on time?
What is the employee right to a safe working environment.
Employees deserve a workplace free from recognized hazards.
Which of the following is a benefit of effective human relations at work?
What is "Increased cooperation"
This event or milestone signals the highly anticipated, successful end of collective bargaining negotiations.
What is management and union leaders reaching a tentative agreement?
Only calling in sick when you are genuinely ill is an example of this positive relationship-building trait
What is carrying your own weight?
Sharing equipment with your coworkers and dividing praise and criticism equally are examples of this positive, team-building behavior
What is being cooperative?
What are employee rights and responsibilities
Rights are made to protect you, responsibilities protect the workplace.
Two salespeople show little interest in their own activities as well as the activities of others. What type of attitude is being exhibited by the salespeople?
What is "Indifferent"
This is a major advantage that individual workers gain when choosing to be represented by a union.
What is receiving fair treatment as an employee?
Handing off and sharing tools or equipment with your coworkers demonstrates this positive relationship behavior.
What is being cooperative?
In a business's rules of conduct, this is the most severe consequence an employee can face for a major infraction
What is dismissal (or being fired)?
Explain the employee right to fair treatment.
Employees deserve equal opportunity, dignity, and unbiased treatment.
This core skill is the single most important one that effective workplace coaches must master.
What is communication?
Unions can actually benefit a business directly by saving management time doing this activity.
What is recruiting new employees?
Organizing a charity event alongside your colleagues is an excellent way to practice this relationship-building skill
What is getting to know others on your work team?
When applying for a new job, a great, professional reason to give for leaving a past position is that you were seeking a job with more of this.
What is responsibility?
What steps should an employee take if they notice a serious safety hazard that management refuses to fix?
Report it directly to OSHA for protection.
A shared vision benefits team members like Penny by doing this to their physical and mental energy
What is providing focus?
This is the process where a neutral third party steps in to clarify issues and offer non-binding suggestions to both sides during a labor deadlock.
What is mediation? (or Who is a mediator?)
Freely dispensing both praise and constructive criticism to peers falls under this relational behavior category
What is being cooperative?
These organizations help employees by combining them into a single bargaining unit to give them much stronger negotiating power
What are labor unions?
How does the right to refuse unsafe work protect an employee, and what are the limits of that right?
It shields against retaliation for refusing imminent danger.