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What are some key obstacles that stand in the way of true cooperation by labor and management?" Please list the obstacles you consider to be most significant. Do you believe these obstacles can be overcome? If so, how?

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This solution describes some key obstacles to cooperation between labor and management. The obstacles considered most significant are provided. How these obstacles can be overcome are provided.

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I think that one key obstacle that stands in the way of true cooperation by labor and management is the fact that they have differing agendas. This is due to the fact that management is seeking to get the most productivity out of labor or staff at minimum expense, and labor is seeking to gain the highest compensation that they can for the labor that they produce. A ...

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