Course Title: Organization Theory and Design

Course Code: MGMT6473

Quiz No. 2

Course Instructor: DR. SHABANA NAVEED

Section: A1 Program: MS Date: 20-12-2020

Time Allowed: 20 Minutes Maximum Marks: 20

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Read the case and provide answers to the questions:

1- Explain the difference between political and rational model of behavior in organizations.
In Daily Tribune, the rational model is evident from the behaviors of managers. Do you
agree or not? Provide arguments for your stance? (10 Marks)
2- The research of Pfeffer and Salancik (1974) identified that a department, rated as
powerful in an organization, may posses one or more characteristics of strategic
contingencies that provide horizontal power. What are these strategic contingencies
that provide horizontal power in organaization? Which strategic contingencies are
evident in the case of Daily Tribune.