Programme Cohort

BSc(Hons) Human Resource BHRM/10/FT - Aug Int

Management BHRM/10/PT

BMAN/10/FT-Mar –
BSc (Hons) Management -F/L/M/G
F/L/M/G

Diploma in Human Resource

DHRM/10/PT
Management

Examinations for 2011 - 2012 Semester I/

2011 Semester II

MODULE: TEAM BUILDING & LEADERSHIP

MODULE CODE: HRMT 2103
Duration: 2hrs and 15mins

Instructions to Candidates:

1. This paper consists of both Sections A and B.

2. Section A is Compulsory.
3. Answer any two questions from Section B.
4. Always start a new question on a fresh page.
5. Total Marks: 100.

This question paper contains 5 questions and 3 pages.

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 SECTION A: COMPULSORY

QUESTION 1: (40 MARKS)

CASE STUDY

You have been newly appointed as team leader of a Management department

consisting of 5 team members. The team has not been performing well in the
past and your main aims are to consolidate team work and increase team
performance.

(a) What strategies would you use to evaluate the team’s performance?
(10 marks)

(b) By using Belbin’s concept of team members’ role, provide 5 members’ role
that you would wish to emphasise in your team. (5 marks)

(c) What are the characteristics of good team leadership? (10 marks)

(d) Which strategies would you use to solve an emerging conflict? (15 marks)

SECTION B: ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS

QUESTION 2: (30 MARKS)

(a) Describe the various stages in team development. (10 marks)

(b) What are the characteristics of an effective work team? (20 marks)

QUESTION 3: (30 MARKS)

(a) Define Leadership. (5 marks)

(b) ‘Leaders and managers are not necessarily the same persons in an
organization. The differences between leaders are due to a large extent
because of sources of power within an organization’. Explain the differences
between a leader and a manager. (25 marks)

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QUESTION 4: (30 MARKS)

(a) "Teams definitely are forms of work groups, but not all work groups are
teams". Work groups function on three levels: Dependent level, Independent
level and Interdependent level. Elaborate on the characteristics of each level
of work groups giving examples, as appropriate. (15 marks)

(b) There are marked differences between a team and a work group. Write briefly
on any 10 differences between a team and a work group. (15 marks)

QUESTION 5: (30 MARKS)

(a) Write short notes on any five leadership theories and on any three main
leadership styles. (15 marks)

(b) Your friend has just been appointed team leader at his place of work. He
wants to benefit from your knowledge of leadership. Write short notes on any
8 roles of a team leader for your friend. (15 marks)

***END OF QUESTION PAPER***

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