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APRIL 2016 77388/PMD23

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (10 × 1 = 10 marks)

Answer any TEN out of Twelve questions.

Write short note on :

1. Industrial relations

2. Adjudication

3. Grievance procedure

4. Negotiation

5. Tripartite convention

6. National productivity council

7. Steering committee on wages

8. Central trade union

9. Social development

10. Majority union

11. Unfair labour practice

12. Industrial safety

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PART B — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)
Answer any FIVE out of Seven questions.
13. Explain the concept of labour movement.
14. What are the functions performed by conciliation
officer?
15. Discuss the factors to be considered while
handling grievance.
16. What are the emerging trend in industrial
relations in the era of globalization.
17. Explain the principal types of joint consultation.
18. Describe the present trade union pattern in our
country.
19. Elaborate the problems and prospects of collective
bargaining.

PART C — (4 × 10 = 40 marks)
Question No. 20 is compulsory and THREE out of
remaining Four questions.
20. In a company employing 200 workmen there is a
stalemate in the negotiations between the
management and the union. The union has asked
the workman to resort to a slowdown to pressurize
the management to concede their demands. The
slowdown is to the extent of 50-60%. You are the
personnel manager of their company. The
managing director of this company has asked you
to take drastic action to curb the slowdown tactics
of the workmen. Explain how do you handle this
situation.

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21. Discuss the application on psychology to industrial

relation.

22. Narrate various machinery for settling disputes.

23. Discuss the significance of labour responsibility in

productivity.

24. Enumerate the positive role of trade union in

economic and social development in India.

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