Examination June 2000

SECTION A

Answer ONE Question

1. Knowledge is a commodity to be acquired. Discuss.
2. Why is identity so important to people?
3. Critically explore the view that the concepts of power, inequality, identity and insecurity are interconnected.
4. What makes freedom so appealing yet so elusive?

 

SECTION B

Answer TWO Questions

5. Academics and novelists offer very different insights into the realms of work and organization. Discuss.
6. What is distinctive and significant about the claim that reality is socially constructed?
7. What insights does labour process analysis offer to the study of work?
8. What is meant by the symbolic dimension of work organization and why is it relevant to pay attention to it?
9. Explore the continuities and contradictions between the content of the WIS course and its process of delivery. What changes would you make?
10. . How is the concept of power relevant for analysing the world of work? Provide examples to illustrate your answer.
11. . Use examples taken from contemporary novels to examine one or more of the central themes of WIS course.
12. . Is `meaning' something that can be managed?
    

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Culture is a powerful vehicle of management control. Discuss

13. . Apply key WIS concepts to analyse the nature of teamwork.
    

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