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1MGMT 3000 Tute Set 1 2019 (Final)
1MGMT 3000 Tute Set 1 2019 (Final)
Q1. Social loafing is described as “the phenomenon that persons make less effort to achieve a
goal when they work in a group than when they work alone. This is one of the main
reasons that groups sometimes perform less than the combined performance of their
members working as individuals” Read the following passage draw conclusions.
Q2. Explain and give examples for the following business environments:
• Placid-randomised
• Placid-clustered
• Disturbed-reactive
• Turbulent-field
Q3. McGregor proposed that there were two types of managers also known as Theory X
managers and Theory Y managers.
a) Describe how a theory X type manager views his/her role.
b) List a minimum of five traits that a theory X type manager believes his/her staff
will exhibit.
c) Describe how a theory Y type manager views his/her staff.
d) List a minimum of five traits that a theory X type manager believes his/her staff
will exhibit.
(a) Briefly describe what each of the five basic human needs are. What does the order of
the needs represent?
(b) As a manager in a position of authority describe what you would do in the work place
to address each of the five basic human needs.
Q5. List the advantages and disadvantages of an organization having a wide span of control as
opposed to a narrower span of control.
Q7. Study IEEE codes of ethics. Discuss clauses 2, 3, 7, and 9 and draw conclusions from a
professional engineers’ point of view and organisations employing those engineers. Give
examples.
Q8. Refer to the IEEE code of ethics to identify which particular ethic is being tested.
Q9. Explain what is meant by the degree of "vertical", "horizontal" and "spatial" differentiation
when describing the complexity of an organisational structure.
Q10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following type of organisational structures: