Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ejb/CreateException

Estou com um problema e ñ estou tendendo o pq.

tenho uma página em jsf com um managedbean q chama uma classe delegate e está lancando a seguinte exeção

Executar o metodo incluirFuncionario da classe FuncionarioBean: 05/09/2006 11:56:36 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception javax.faces.FacesException: Error calling action method of component with id _idJsp3:gravarFuncionario at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:74) at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:106) at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastForPhase(UIViewRoot.java:94) at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:168) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.invokeApplication(LifecycleImpl.java:343) at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:86) at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:137) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:144) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Caused by: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Exception while invoking expression #{FuncionarioBean.incluirFuncionarios} at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:153) at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:63) ... 23 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ejb/CreateException at br.com.greenline.falegreen.managedbean.FuncionarioBean.incluirFuncionarios(FuncionarioBean.java:25) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.apache.myfaces.el.MethodBindingImpl.invoke(MethodBindingImpl.java:129) ... 24 more

gostaria de saber o pq desta exception pois a classe delegate ao qual ele está se referindo q ñ encontrou é a que gera a seguinte mensagem"Executar o metodo incluirFuncionario da classe FuncionarioBean:" no começo do relatório de erros.

será q alguem pode me ajudar???