NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI – ABUJA
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
2019_1 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: MBA831 CREDIT UNIT: 3
COURSE TITLE: ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY AND BEHAVIOUR
TIME ALLOWED: 21/2HRS
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Attempt Question One (1) and any other three (3) questions
- Question 1 carries 25 marks, while the other questions carry 15 marks each.
- Present all points in coherent and orderly manner
1a. As a student of Organisational Theory and Behaviour, how would you explain the concept of organisation to a science student who has no knowledge of the concept?
(10 Marks)
- Discuss the typologies of organisation as developed by
- Talcott Parsons (10 Marks)
- Blau and Scott (10 Marks)
2a. What are the major distinguishing features between the classical and neo-classical theories of organisation? (4 Marks)
- Give examples of:
- Any two (2) dominant models of Classical Theory and (8 Marks)
- Any two (2) dominant models of neo-classical Theory (8 Marks)
- Explain the concept of organisational behaviour and discuss those key issues which are seen as challenges/opportunities for organisational behaviour (20 Marks)
- Discuss the two (2) important frameworks used in identifying and classifying personality traits (20 Marks)
- Identify the different types of work teams and discuss the characteristics of effective teams. (20 Marks)
6a. “A leader may be a manager but a manager may not be a leader” Explain (5 Marks)
- Discuss the following:
- Trait Theories of Leadership (5 Marks)
- Contingency Theories of Leadership (5 Marks)
iii. Transformational Leadership (5 Marks)
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