BHRM$431$: LABOUR RELATIONS $(3$ CREDITS$)$

Instruction: Answer all the questions below:

Time allowed: $24$hours

Date: November, $2024$

QUESTION ONE

Read the case below and answer accordingly.

Case Study: Navigating Conflict in the Pursuit of an Inclusive After$-$School Program

After months of diligent work, you have presented a proposal to the Glory Kinder Care school board for an inclusive after$-$school program that your group believes will benefit all children. Yesterday, you received a call from the principal informing you that the school board has not approved the proposal for budgetary reasons. You, as the head of a four$-$person parent advisory committee, have conducted extensive research on ways to improve activities available to students with disabilities and other students who are facing challenges in his school. You are set to hold a meeting to determine what to do next, but have received some preliminary calls indicating that committee members have differing views on the matter.

One is upset because he thinks the administrator and school board members are more interested in helping athletic teams than in helping students who face academic challenges. He is prepared to phone the principal and the chair of the school board to express his feelings. According to your committee's other two members, the program's budget was very excessive. The other believes that your committee should ask the board for suggestions on how to make the current program more acceptable, while the Page $1$ of $2$

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first believes that your committee should start over and develop a new plan that the Board will approve.

Although you are unsure of the right course of action, you believe that the group would not benefit from giving up or from being overly pushy. You're wondering how to handle the conflict that is likely to arise during your meeting as it starts.

Questions for Discussions

a$.$ Examine the primary conflicts that you see in this situation? $(5$ marks$)$

b$.$ Based on the information you have, examine the conflict response styles of the members of the committee? $(5$ marks$)$

QUESTION TWO

a$.$ Discuss the importance of power, justice, and culture in regulating the employment relationship