MBA404H12 MBA Degree Examinations - April, 2015 (Regulation 2012-13) (Examination at the end of IV Semester) Paper-VII: Leadership Time : Three hours Maximum Marks: 70

SECTION A — (5 x 3 = 15 marks) Answer any FIVE of the following questions

1. Write short notes on

(a) Thought leadership (b) Leadership Attitudes (c) Leadership and Motivation (d) Leadership Grid

(e) Self Managed Teams (f) Types of Teams (g) Managing conflict (h) Succession Policy

SECTION B - (5 x 8 = 40 marks) Answer ALL Questions

2. (a) What do you mean by Personality Traits? Explain the traits of effective leaders. (OR)

(b) What is ethical leadership? Explain achievement Motivation theory.

3. (a) What are leadership styles? Explain the relationship between the leadership behavior and styles. (OR)

(b) Explain Normative Leadership Theory.

4. (a) What are the skills required for effective Team meetings? Also explain ‘Ginnet’s Team Effectiveness Leadership Model’

(OR) (b) Explain about Stewardship and Servant Leadership. Also state how it is different to charismatic leadership.

5. (a) Why Leader-follower relations are important? Discuss the evolution of ‘Dyadic Theory’ (OR)

(b) What do you understand by Change Management? Explain how leadership is used in Change Management.

6. (a) Explain briefly different approaches of leadership development. (OR)

(b) Explain the process of organizing leadership development programmes.

SECTION C - (1 x 15 = 15 marks) Case Study (Compulsory)

Prakash hails from a hardworking immigrant family. Right from his childhood he wanted to achieve something and acquire power for himself. Unfortunately, he could only, a low-paid job in the assembly line in a large manufacturing firm. It is a charmless job having no promotional opportunities. Since he had to support a large family, he needed a well-paid job and all his efforts in this direction had gone waste. To blow off his steam and to relieve himself from worldly woes, he started living in a “fools paradise” and spent most of his days in day- dreaming. Not surprisingly, he fell a prey to drinking and other vices. After exhausting his, meagre financial resources, he would get depressed and start worrying about his family. It has been a vicious circle and he wants to come out of it. Unable to bear with this miserable situation, one fine morning, he wanted to seek advice and counsel from his supervisor. But since his relationship with his supervisor is not-too intimate, he sought help from his union leader. The union leader listened to Prakash’s woes patiently. He told Prakash in a sympathetic tone: “There is no use working in this company. We have innumerable problems, and not a single problem is solved by rnanagement so far. The work’ng conditions are pathetic. Our salary is too low. And let’s not talk about our benefit plans. After our contract finishes let’s unite together and fight with management for better sálary and working conditions”.

Questions: Analyse the nature of role conflict experienced by Prakash in this case. What type of conflict resolution strategy is the union leader, suggesting in this case? How do you advice Mr. Prakash?

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