Bahria University: Lahore Campus
Bahria University: Lahore Campus
Lahore Campus
Mid Term Exam (Spring 2020 Semester)
Department of Management Sciences
Instructions:
Read out following Instructions & notes carefully and attempt accordingly (As you will be marked accordingly).
10 Marks are for this written assignment and 05marks for VIVA (from midterm course).
Assignment submission due date is clearly mentioned above; no late submission will be accepted. You are
given with plenty of time to manage your work. Your due date is 31 st may 2020 but you may submit it
before too if you have completed it.
You are required to submit this assignment timely via LMS (only).
Carefully read the questions and explain well or as per Q`s requirement. Answer all questions.
It should be your own work, cheating / plagiarism will directly mark zero.
You must attempt the assignment in the light of the taught concepts.
Quality of the content do matters in the assessment of this assignment.
Text: Format: Use Font Times Roman, font size 12, Bold the headings and questions, use single spacing
and justify (Align text justify must be apply to whole assignment). Also mention your name and roll
number.
Note:
- This assignment is designed to access your cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills; knowledge and
understanding you gain and develop during the mid course i.e. covering CLO 1 and CLO 2.
Important:
In order to have full marks in question the quality and answer attempt should be excellent i.e. correct
answer, all instructions are completely followed, as per concepts, no mistakes, no plagiarism/cheating and
answer is explain well or as per Q`s requirement.
If any answer of the question is found to be plagiarized/cheated/ wrong or not attempted as pr instructions
or questions demand it will be marked 0.
If text format instructions are not followed 01 mark will be deducted directly.
If found more than one grammatical, language and spell mistakes in a question, marks will be deducted.
Question No 1: (Marks = 08)
Case:
Jack Taxpayer’s return has come up for audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He took some deductions
this year for an office in his home. Sam auditor at the IRS has disallowed that deduction and invited Jack to come
to the office to discuss that item as well as a few other items on the return. Jack’s profession is tax consulting, and
he listed his occupation on his return as attorney.
Jack has taken several deductions this year that might be considered aggressive; however, Jack believes that he
has done no wrong. In fact, he thinks he is being singled out due to his profession. He is short on money and is
worried about paying any additional assessment the IRS may make. Therefore, he is planning on giving up the
office deduction in order to close the audit as quickly as possible. Sam has never seen a home office deduction
that was proper except for his own during his pre-IRS days as an independent consultant.
i) Which of the three ways of making social judgments are involved in the above case? Briefly
explain your answer. (02 Marks)
ii) How behaviors of both Jack and Sam are forming. Apply behavior formation model/ process.
Write brief explanation or points under/ with each step of the model. (02 Marks)
iii) Figure out in above case the involved Freud’s defense mechanism (at end of Jack or Sam or both
if). Give three to four lines explanation to justify your answer/ identified mechanism. (01Marks)
iv) Identify and briefly describe communication style adopted by Sam? (01 Marks)
v) Apply attribution concept to analyze and explain each party’s (Jack and Sam) attitudes and
conclusions. (02 Marks)
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Best of Luck!