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CMD812S - Career Management and Development - 2nd Opp - Nov 2022 |
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nAmI BI AunIVE Rs ITY
OF SCIEn CE
TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF HUMAN RESOURCESMANAGEMENT HONOURS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BHRM
COURSE CODE: CMD812S
SESSION: NOVEMBER 2022
LEVEL: 8
COURSE NAME: CAREERMANAGEMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
Dr Andrew Jeremiah
Mr Elias Kandjinga
Dr S. Amunkete
MODERATOR:
1. Answer ALL the questions.
INSTRUCTIONS
2. You are expected to apply your subject knowledge to the questions.
3. Write clearly and neatly.
4. Number your answers clearly.
1. Pen
2. Ruler
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 4 PAGES {Including this front page)
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SECTION A (answer all the questions)
(35 marks)
1. Briefly discuss the meaning of work in eras listed below.
(10)
a. Pre-industrial era
b. Industrial era
c. Post-industrial era,
d. 21st Century
2. They say that values influence the meaning of work these days. Imagine that you have
the said values in your work/from your job. Identify and discuss how this influence
your own meaning of work.
(15)
3. One way to address the well-being and authentic happiness of employees is to change
the situation. Define the term authentic happiness and identify eight organisational
interventions to ensure employee wellbeing and ultimately authentic happiness. (10)
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SECTION B (answer all questions)
{65 marks)
Read the following case study and answer all the questions that follows.
Career Mobility, Maturity, Employability and Resilience: A Case of Diina
"My initial career goal was to become a financial advisor in Windhoek. When I was in Grade
10 my class teacher advised me to drop Mathematics. His argument was that it would be very
difficult for an African, let alone an African woman, to ever secure a position as a financial
advisor. Now when I look back, I realise that agreeing to that type of mentality was the worst
mistake of my career. In the same year, my father ordered me out of school because he
believed educating the girl child was a waste of money. He claimed that I would get married
one day and make someone else very rich with my education."
"I was 16 years old when I started living with my worst nightmare. I went to work as a
domestic worker for a white family here in Windhoek. My peers were in Grade 10 and the
embarrassment of working as a domestic worker nearly killed me. I worked long tedious hours
from 7 am to 5 pm as a domestic worker for nearly two years when my aunt Lenyatso
organised a job for me at a suburban primary school where I also worked as a domestic
worker. I cannot say how good the salary was because father demanded it all. He preferred it
handed over to him in a sealed envelope and never gave me even a single cent. On my 17th
birthday, I started secretly buying and selling vegetables during my spare time because I
needed to earn money for myself and use it to develop myself education-wise."
"I used the money that I earned from my project to register for Grade 10 through
correspondence. Performing hard manual labour from eight in the morning to five in the
afternoon was not pleasant but extremely strenuous. At that time, however, I was too angry
and emotional not to feel anything. Through hard work, it took me three years to acquire the
famous Grade 12 certificate. During the time I was studying, my stepmother could not allow
me the house electricity, and so I did my studies and reading using the moonlight, and if there
was no moonlight, there were no studies for me. Therefore, my eyesight was affected and
today I wear spectacles."
"After obtaining my Grade 12 certificate, I applied at a nursing school. It was not because I
loved nursing but because I wanted to escape from home. I was surprised when my
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application accepted. I trained as a nurse and in the process came to appreciate and love the
work. I obtained distinctions in most of the subjects I studied. That opened doors for me and
I was able to progress much faster in my career. I later obtained a BA (Honours) through
correspondence after enrolling with the University of South Africa (UNISA). Along the way I
was also awarded a couple of diplomas."
"Now, I work as a chief matron at a prominent medical institution. I still love working with
figures and numbers and appreciate and love my current career even though I initially chose
it out of frustration. Most of my patients have confided in me that my personal approach
makes them feel that they are in capable hands. I must admit that this makes much more
worthwhile to be in this occupation or calling."
Questions:
1. Having read the case study, in essence, Diina attempted four (4) types of careers until
she settled for nursing. Identify these four career types and briefly articulate them
with examples from the case study.
(20)
2. With the aid of examples from the case study, prove that Diina had career reliance,
employability, career progression, career success, continuous learning, and career
maturity.
(25)
3. Use Parson's trait-and factor/person-environment-fit theory to counsel Diina for the
job of financial advisor.
(10)
4. Having read the case study, Diina showed that she was well engaged in terms of work
engagement. Based on the case study, discuss in detail three dimensions of work
engagement that Diina outwardly demonstrated.
(10)
Total marks: 100
End of examination paper!
Good luck
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