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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LANGUAGES

External Programmes

C88OB / C88HM

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR / HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Semester 2 2013/14

Wednesday 4 June 2014

Duration: Three Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. At the start of the exam ensure that you have completed the information
on the front page of the Answer Book.
2. Read the instructions on page 2.
3. Use both sides of the paper when completing the Answer Book.
4. Start each question on a new left hand page.
5. Show all of your workings in the Answer Book workings/answers in the
Question Paper will not be marked.
6. Cross through (once) anything you dont wish the examiner to mark.
7. The Question Paper and Answer Book must be handed in entire.
PLEASE READ THE EXAMINATION REGULATIONS ON THE
BACK COVER

PART I QUESTION PAPER

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EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS
The duration of the examination is 3 hours. The marks value of each section is
shown below. You may allocate your time as you see fit.

The paper is in two sections.

Answer BOTH sections.

You are required to answer THREE questions in total:

SECTION A: Answer at least ONE of the three questions in this section.

SECTION B: Answer at least ONE of the three questions in this section.

Plus:

ONE other question from either Section A or Section B.

All questions in this examination carry EQUAL marks and the total mark is an
average of all three questions.

This examination document is in two parts:

Part I is the question paper.

Part II is the answer book.

Please ensure that BOTH PARTS are returned at the end of this examination.

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SECTION A

Answer at least ONE question in this section, plus one other question from either
Section A or Section B. You must answer THREE questions in total.

Question A1

OB is a multidisciplinary field and that is one of its great strengths. Discuss.

Total 100 marks

Question A2

Compare and contrast charismatic and transformational leadership in organisations, giving

an account of their origin and the reasons why they are being studied today.
Total 100 marks

Question A3

What are the advantages and disadvantages of group decision-making? How may the effect of
groupthink be reduced?
Total 100 marks

SECTION B

Answer at least ONE question in this section, plus one other question from either
Section A or Section B. You must answer THREE questions in total.

Question B1

Explain why the concept of commitment is seen as central to the successful implementation
of Human Resource Management.
Total 100 marks

Question B2

You have been asked to conduct a training session for your department. Outline how you
would both identify the training needs and evaluate the training.
Total 100 marks

Question B3

Account for the gap between the theory and practice of human resource planning.

Total 100 marks

END OF PAPER

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EXAMINATION REGULATIONS

Candidates are subject to the regulations governing examinations which are

published by the University. The main points are summarised below.

1. A candidate shall not bring written, printed or any other material into the
examination room except such as may be authorised by the examiners.
Briefcases and other similar containers, the main purpose of which is to
carry papers, shall not be brought into the examination room.

2. A candidate shall not communicate with, receive assistance from or copy

from the paper of another candidate during an examination.

3. A candidate shall not leave the examination room less than half an hour
after the start of an examination, except with the permission of the
invigilator and shall not leave the examination room during the last fifteen
minutes of an examination.

4. At the end of the examination a candidate must return the answer book or
books to the invigilator together with any other material on which he/she
has written or drawn during the examination. Under no circumstances
should a candidate remove an answer book, used or unused, from the
examination room.