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Examinations For The Degree Of Master Of Arts In Sociology Question Paper

Examinations For The Degree Of Master Of Arts In Sociology

Course:Master Of Arts (Sociology)

Institution: University Of Nairobi question papers

Exam Year:2005

ANSWER ANY THREE OUESTIONS:

1. Critically discuss the following concepts, showing why and where you would incorporate
or avoid them in a work re-design consultancy:
(a) Customer Focus (b) Labour Process
(c) Esprit de corps (d) "Simultaneous Loose-Tight Properties"
(e) Task Identity.

2. Briefly discuss the Hawthorne Experiments, pointing out their lessons for to-day's work
re-design tasks in Africa.
3. Identify the key elements of Theory Z, and discuss their applicability to the contemporary
African environment.
4. To what extent has Taylorism reincarnated or survived as a key feature of contemporary
ideas about work design?
5. Discuss the Job Diagnostic Survey (IDS) as a tool in work re-design.

6. What work re-design lessons can we in Africa draw From Peters and Waterman's In
Search of Excellence?

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