Case Study-The Case of the Misguided Supervisors

Assignment 2: Case Study-The Case of the Misguided Supervisors

Writing Assignment

Read The Case of the Misguided Supervisors. Use the Argosy University online library for additional research, and do the following in a Word document:
In 1–2 paragraphs, summarize the case and your research that relates to the case.
In 2–3 pages, answer the following:

Why would an organization care whether its supervisors speak in favor of or against union representation? Explain and justify your answer.
How could the hospital in this example have prepared its supervisors to understand their proper role during an organizing campaign? Explain and justify your answer.
With your answers demonstrate that your understanding of the concepts is thorough and complete. Support your assertions with evidence, citing the appropriate sources.
Apply the APA current guidelines to your work and use at least three resources in your response.
Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M4_A2.doc
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Clearly and concisely summarized the case in 1–2 paragraphs.
15
Identified, explained, and justified why an organization would care whether its supervisors speak in favor of or against union representation.
35
Identified, explained, and justified how the hospital in this example could have prepared its supervisors to understand their proper role during an organizing campaign.
35
Applied current APA guidelines and supported assertions with evidence by using appropriate sources. Demonstrated a thorough and complete understanding of the concepts.
15
Total:
100

The Case of the Misguided Supervisors

It is legal and right of any employees to be part of a labor union. However, the management reserve the authority to direct employee’s action towards the accomplishment of the set business goals (Cascio, 2018). To achieve this, the employers need to have a positive relationship with employees in order to reduce the need for union representations, by ensuring that employees are satisfied. In the scenario under review, charge nurses are entitled to engage in activities of organizing the nurses at a California hospital in order to help address the welfare of all care providers.

Therefore, their participation in the union’s meetings was legal, and NLRB and the court had to uphold the union. The hospital management must be concerned about whether the chosen union representation is for or against the activities of the hospital because actions of the union may have detrimental effects on the organization (Noe et al., 2014).

When supervisors are in support of union representation, they encourage other employees in the organization to embrace the suggestions of union. Therefore, this may have efficiency and financial implications in the hospital since the union may seek for the imple ………………………….