LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009
MS 2800 / SO 2803/ 2800 – ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Date & Time: 20/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART-A
Answer ALL the following in 30 words each : (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
1.“The organization is above all, social. It is people.” Who is the author of this statement?
2.What is the significance of Hawthorne experiment?
3.How do type A personalities differ from type B personalities?
4.What is idiosyncratic credit?
5.Mention any one factor that affects the organizational culture.
6.What are the indicators of power?
7.How does charistmatic leadership differ from traditional leadership?
8.Point out some criteria for group effectiveness.
9.Who are the three constituents of perceptual process?
10.Mention some agents of organizational change.
PART-B
Answer any FIVE of the following in 300 words each : (5×8=40 marks)
- Highlight the principles of organization.
- Expound the three determinants of personality traits.
- What are the various types of groups in an organisation?
- How is organizational culture created and maintained?
- Discuss the bases of power.
- Explicate the different approaches to organizational effectiveness.
- What are the different kinds of change that can take place in an organisation?
PART-C
Answer any TWO of the following in 1200 words : (2×20=40 marks)
- Illustrate the foundational experiment that paved the way for the emergence of the
discipline ‘Organisational Behaviour’.
- Discuss the process of learning in an organization.
- Delineate the process of decision-making. Suggest some ways to improve it in an
Organisational context.
- Discuss the sources of resistance to change.
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