Brief Answer Questions:
[10 × 1 = 10]What is sociological perspective?
Enlist types of society.
Define Ethnicity.
Give an example to show the relationship between societal expectation and
organizational goal.
Mention four features of Kinship.
Write the major forms of interview.
Point out the importance of socialization.
Enlist any three types of power.
What is functional pre-requisite?
Distinguish between work and leisure.
Short Answer Questions:
[6 × 5 = 30]Discuss the contributing factors of emergence of sociology.
What is sociology of organizations? Why do you think the knowledge of networks and
network analysis is essential for managers? Explain.
Describe Social class with reference to Nepali Society.
Define social research and discuss four trends applicable in sociological researches.
Write the basic assumptions of Post-modernism with suitable examples.
What is social institution? Discuss the implication of political institution in corporations.
Comprehensive Answer Questions:
[4 × 5 = 20]Read the following text carefully and answer the questions given below:
Family - the fundamental social institution has many forms and its role and also very
different across the society. As in sociology, family has equal importance in business,
management and administration. Family firms are one of the important topics in business
and management. Family firms are sometimes defined as a privately held company which
is owned controlled by one or more family units and is also inherited by one or more
children of the proprietor’s (s) upon his / her (their) retirement.
Although the family firms are considered as the ‘traditional’ in terms of technology and
‘conventional’ in business focus they have significant roles in current day business and
management. Various official data show that large corporations in many part of the world
be it in the USA, China, France, Germany or India are owned by families. A study
conducted in the year 2012 shows that 80% of all private business in Germany and the
Netherlands, 75% of largest companies in India and Chile, 76% of top firms in the United
Kingdom and 70% of all registered companies of Australia are family business or family
firms. In case of the USA, it had estimated that 20.3 of the 22 million business are family
owned or governed.
Despite the fact that family firms have dominant positions in the global economy, we can
see some positive as well as negative contribution of them. Since the sizes, nature and
contribution of each firm could be different some features are common to all; and most of
the family firms believed to have the strengths like lower operation cost, better market
positions due to branding, reputation, strong social capital and socio-political networks.
Higher efficiency is also seen as an added value. It also has been revealed that family
firms can respond quickly to market changes and can mobilize family members in
implementing non market strategy. Apart from these, it is found that many family firms
keep alive some traditional business practices.
However, the critics are of the opinion that family business has many drawbacks like
unprofessionalism, stagnation in development and nepotism. Thus, family firms are very
challenging and critical to the non-family employees.
Questions:
a. Describe family as a fundamental social institution applying your knowledge of social institution.
b. Discuss the family firm from functional perspective.
c. How could you assess family firms from conflict perspective? Explain.
d. Indicate major challenges of family firms and also point out the suggestions for
overcoming them.