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Union-management relations is an important topic to cover for today's organizations as unions are still found in many situations and can greatly impact organizations, both directly and indirectly. The module concludes with defining globalization and how human resource management is influenced by globalization and international business operations. Answer questions below and provide a substantive answer for your initial thread discussion. Provide a robust answer that considers multiple perspectives and explores the concept from a contextual fashion (e.g., work related, personal experience related, industry related, etc...).

Question 1: Give some examples on how technology is creating employer-employee rights and policy issues. Suggest some possible actions that may be needed to mitigate or remove the issues.

Question 2: Assume that as the HR manager, you have decided to prepare guidelines for supervisors to use when they have to discipline employees. Gather the information needed, using websites such as blr web and workforce web for sample policies and other details. Provide a guide for supervisors on implementing both positive and progressive discipline.

Question 3: Several states have limited public-sector union power. What are some of the reasons for lawmakers taking this stand? What are the advantages and disadvantages of workers in the public sector belonging to labor unions? How does this impact taxpayers?