HRM307 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonunion, Collective Bargaining, Job Satisfaction

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM307
• Professor: Mark Gernon

Document Summary

Industrial relations: is defined as a broad field of study encompassing employment in both union and non-union organizations. Employee relations: often used to describe non-unionized human resources work versus labour relations work uw uses staff relations, faculty relations, and labour relations. Labour relations: the study of all aspects of the union-management relationship including the establishment of union bargaining rights, the negotiation process, and the administration of a collective agreement. Collective bargaining: refers to all aspects of the interaction and communication in a unionized environment, not just the negotiation of a collective agreement. Human resource management: captures all the human resource needs of an organization. Attraction, retention, performance management, compensation, training, health and safety. Macroeconomic policy policy that applies to economy wide goals such as inflation, unemployment, and growth (ex. Some non-union employers attempt to keep up with unionized workplaces: society, unions become involved in political and social issues that affect the public.