BM/JAN 2013/ MGT534/532/531
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR MGT534/532/531 JANUARY 2013 3 HOURS
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BM/JAN 2013/MGT534/532/531
PERCEPTUAL DILEMMA- I'M MORE IMPORTANT, YOU'RE NOT! Luqman Noh, an assistant manager for FIMA manufacturing Company, is chairperson of the ad hoc committee for space utilization. The committee is made up of various department heads in the company. The plant manager of FIMA has given Luqman the responsibility for seeing whether the various office, operations and warehouse facilities of the company are being optimally utilized. The company is affected by rising costs and the need for more space. However, before agreeing an expensive addition to the plant, the plant manager wants to be sure that the currently available space is being utilized properly. Luqman opened up the first committee meeting by reiterating the change of the committee. Then Luqman asked the members if they had any initial observations to make. The first to speak was the office manager. He stated, "Well, I know we are using every possible inch of room that we have available to us. We have people piled on top of one another, but out in the plant there seems to be plenty of