BBM 8th Semester
Labour relation Board Question Paper 2022

TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
Office of the Dean
June 2022
Full Marks:60 Pass Marks:30 Time:3 Hrs.
BBM /
Eighth Semester /
ELE 228:
Labour relation

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as for as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks

Long Answer Questions
Section "A"

Brief Answer Questions:

[6 × 1 = 6]
1.

What is industrial relation?

2.

Point out any four trade union related issues in Nepalese organization.

3.

Define collective bargaining.

4.

What do you mean by employee grievance?

5.

Define workers empowerment.

6.

Point out the problems of industrial relation.

Section "B"

Descriptive Answer Questions:

[6 × 3 = 18]
7.

What are the objectives of the industrial relations? Explain.

8.

Point out the provisions in trade union act 2049(1992).

9.

Explain the process of collective bargaining.

10.

Define industrial conflict. Mention the nature of conflict.

11.

Define workers participation. Why the workers participation in management is essential in industrial relation.

12.

What are the actors of industrial relation? Explain.

Section "C"

Analytical Answer Questions:

[4 × 6 = 24]
13.

Explain the theories of industrial relation.

14.

Define trade union. Explain the objectives of the trade union.

15.

Why is collective bargaining need to teach to the business students at a university? Explain.

16.

Define employee disputes. Explain the legal provisions on dispute settlement process in Nepalese organizations.

Section "D"

Comprehensive Answer Questions:

[4 × 3 = 12]
17.

Read the following cases carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Dance restaurants are popular in Kathmandu. There are more than 200 such restaurants. Mr. Hari Lamsal is a frequent visitor to such restaurants. He is even thinking of owning such restaurants.

One evening, while watching dancing girls in Deurali Dance Restaurant, Hari started chatting with the owner Mr. Ghale. He learned that Mr. Ghale wanted to sell his dance restaurant. The restaurant has 8 dancing girls, five waiters and two cooks. Hari found that the restaurant was five years old. It is operated in a rented building. The rent is Rs 50,000 per month. It made loss in the first 3 years but generated profit in the last two years. But the accounting system was not reliable. Not all transactions were billed and entered in books. The customers also were not loyal. They kept changing. The government also has enforced strict regulations for dance restaurants in recent months. Women groups are lobbying for their clousure.

Hari is not sure whether he should make an offer to buy the restaurant.

Questions:
a. What are the causes of failure of Deurali Dance Restaurant?
b. Based on the theories of industrial relations, suggest to the best actions need to be imposed to make restaurant successful.
c. What would you advise Hari to do? Why?
d. What are the successful points of Deurali Dance Restaurant.