"Having a Focused Work Center Is Like Having a Plant

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Essay

"Having a focused work center is like having a plant within a plant." Discuss. Include in your discussion what conditions make focused work centers appropriate.

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Definitions:

Industrial Relations School

A perspective or academic discipline focusing on the study of employment relationships, labor laws, and collective bargaining processes.

Taft-Hartley Act

A 1947 US federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions, formally known as the Labor Management Relations Act.

Government Regulation

The imposition of rules by government, backed by the use of penalties that are intended to modify the economic behavior of individuals and firms in the private sector.

Union Shop Agreements

Agreements requiring all employees in a particular company or industry to become union members as a condition of their employment.