Punjab Technical University 2007-5th Sem M.B.A III/I ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY - Question Paper

ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
M.B.A.
MB-533
IIIrd/IVth Semester(2096)
Time: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 75

Note : 1. ques. paper consists of tow parts: A and B.
2. part A compulsory and contains 15 parts. ans every part from part A in 40-60 words. every part from part A is of two marks.
3. Attempt any 9 ques. from part B. every ques. from part B is of five marks.

Section – A (5x2=30)
1. (a) Define fatigue.
(b) What is meant by industrial morale?
(c) What is meant by validity of a psychological test?
(d) Who is an industrial psychologist?
(e) What are the characteristics of a good psychological test?
(f) Highlight the role of heredity in causing differences among individuals?
(g) Define attitude.
(h) What are the benefits of job enlargement?
(i) What are the benefits of jobs rotation?
(j) Define Stress.
(k) Outline the meaning of job enrichment.
(l) What is meant by activation level?
(m) What are the possible causes of absenteeism in an organization?
(n) What are attitudes cales?
(o) What is meant by job design?
Section – B
2. What is the scope of industrial psychology? discuss. 5
3. Discuss the different psychological tests used in industry. 5
4. What are the different sources of info for the psychological tests 5
5. Suggest different ways to motivate employees in a business organization. Give suitable illustrations in support of your recommendations.
6. What are the factors which causes monotony. What strategie would you recommend to decrease monotony among employees? discuss suitable illustrations. 5
7. What role does environment plays in bringing out individual differences? How would you evaluate individual differences?
8. Highlight the need and importance of improving industrial morale. What strategies would you recommend to boost industrial morale?
9. What are the causative factors for fatigue in employees and how does it affect the work?
10. Write a note on Arousal hypothesis.
11. What are the characteristics of Management by Objective approach? discuss.
12. What are the important factors causing stress? Suggest ways to decrease stress among the employees. 5
13. What are the different methods for measuring attitudes? discuss. 5

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