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OMBC – 102 - Organizational Behaviour - Assignment – 1
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OMBC 102 - Organizational Behaviour - Assignment 1
Instructions
Number of Questions 20
Maximum Marks 20
Each question carries 1 Mark.
All questions are compulsory.
Attempts 1
1) Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a bureaucratic organisation?
Authority
Regulations
Command structure
Change
2) Who is most associated with the Hawthorne studies?
Professor Hawthorne
Professor Elton Mayo
Fritz Roethlisberger and William Dickson
Max Weber
3) What is the human relations movement?
A theory trying to get everyone to get on better with each other.
An academic movement who studies the social relations between people and
the human factors of management.
A view that says you do not need to pay people more to get them to work harder.
A new approach to teamwork.
4) Who had developed Scientific Management approach?
Elton Mayo
Henry Fayol
F.W. Taylor
Maslow
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5) Which of the following is not an example of common stereotyping?
Age
Politics
Social
Perceptual
6) "The process by which the perception of a person is formulated on the basis of a
single favourable or unfavourable trait or impression, where other relevant
characteristics of that person are dismissed" compare this statement with one of
the following processes.
clouded judgment
the angel effects
the halo effects
stereotyping
7) Which of the following is NOT an internal motivational force?
Goals
Needs
Attitude
Feedback
8) Who has introduced X and Y theory
Mc Gregor
Peter Drucker
Henry Fayol
FW Taylor
9) Which character belong to Theory Y employee
They enjoy their work and take initiative
Always boring and avoid workload
Needs to be guided
Must be forced
10) Choose the most significant management skill out of the followings.
Technical, Human and Conceptual
Technical, behavioural and Conceptual
Systematic, Human and Conceptual
Technical, Human and cognitive
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11) Which of the Following is the feature of Autocratic model of Organization.
Employees are treated as partner
Employee decision is considered
Employees are treated as assets
Employees decision is not considered
12) What is the trait approach to personality?
Assumes that people are motivated by unconscious emotional conflicts
Assumes that each individual has stable personality characteristics
Assumes that thoughts and beliefs are central to personality
Assumes that people have an innate tendency to become self-actualized
13) Type A personality
Tends to be aggressive
Relaxed.
Uncompetitive.
Tend to be calm.
14) When in perceiving stimuli or phenomena, the tendency is to keep certain
phenomena in focus and other phenomena in background this phenomenon is
one of the following.
Perceptual organization
Perceptual context
Subminimal perception
Figure-ground
15) Forces for and against change can exist both inside and outside an organization.
True
False
16) The encouragement by corporations of their employees' participation in a local
fund-raising campaign is an example of a socially responsible business activity.
True
False
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17) A planned change of the formally prescribed task and authority relationships in
an organization's design is called a structural change.
True
False
18) Communication is a _____exchange process.
one way
three ways
two ways
four ways
19) The _____ is a shared system of meaning among employees.
Organizational systems
Collective sensemaking
Organizational culture
Cultural sensitivity
20) The term "organizational culture" is considered _____, while "job satisfaction"
is _____.
evaluative, objective
subjective, descriptive
descriptive, evaluative
objective, subjective
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Assignment 2
Instructions Assignment 2 is based on the following text/paragraph of case
study/situational exercise etc. You first need to read this text and then answer the
following MCMR i.e. Multiple choice multiple response questions.
Number of Questions 5
Each question carries 2 Mark
All Five Questions are Mandatory.
Attempts 1
Ice Cool Private Limited was an ice cream manufacturing company employing about
100 persons including persons at various levels of management Because of increasing
business, the company needed to strengthen its accounting procedure particularly
through computerisation. For this purpose, the company decided to hire a new manager,
designated as assistant business manager The company invited applications through
press advertisement. After receiving the applications, it appointed a selection committee
consisting of members of top management including business manager Rakesh Mohan.
The committee interviewed several candidates and finally selected Bishwash as new
assistant business manager. Bishwash was neat, well dressed and quite articulate.
Bishwash joined the company immediately and started working very hard. He used to
put extra efforts and even worked during holidays as he did not have any family
responsibility. He gained the reputation of being a dedicated and competent employee,
his strong point being his knowledge of accounting and computer system. He was
reporting to Rakesh Mohan, the business manager who was quite impressed with his
working. At that time, the company had no computer system, and its accounting
procedures were in need of considerable improvement. Anil Kumar, the managing
director of the company, directed Rakesh Mohan to get the needful done. Since most of
accounting work related to scales, no Separate accounting department existed and the
work was performed under the direction of business manager. Bishwash was mainly
appointed to strengthen the accounting aspects of the business. He was asked to prepare
a project so that necessary changes can be made. In order to get the first-hand
information about the problem, Bishwash began meeting regularly with Anil Kumar
without the knowledge of Rakesh Mohan. There was no attempt to have secret meeting
Anil Kumar would just call Bishwash in for a report without bothering to tell Rakesh
Mohan. The management team, whose members were with the company for a quite long
period, had formed a tight-kait group and appeared satisfied with the company. They
all worked together and the company prospered in spite of fierce competition. The
meetings between Anil Kumar and Bishwash continued and Rakesh Mohan was
audially losing contact with the project and its progress. In fact, Bishwash was almost
porting directly to the managing director though he was placed under business manager
and trained his title of assistant business manager. Rakesh Mohan was now visibly upset
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over the development and was also concerned about Bishwash's spreading share of
influence. He started feeling down in the company.
1) Predict the situation which will arise because of Mr. Bishwash reporting to Mr.
Rakesh?
Power conflict
Hierarchical problems
Proper coordination
Better communication
2) How could Mr. Rakesh Mohan prevent the assumption of power
and how specifically could it be done?
Maintaining hierarchy in reporting
Centralised decision making
Trust
Loyalty
3) Suggest the course of action now available to Anil Kumar, Rakesh Mohan and
Bishwash?
Tall structure organization
Matrix organization
Defining roles and responsibility of every individual
Decentralization
4) What could be the organizational situation in the above case?
Blame Game
Proper coordination
Doubtful environment
Better communication
5) Analyse the mindset of Mr. Bishwash and Mr. Anil Kumar
Superiority complex
Feeling down
Trust in between
Team building in between
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