Management Foundation

Select three major contributors of classical management

• Frederick W Taylor

• Henry Fayol

• Abraham Maslow

• Max Weber

Frederick Taylor is most closely associated with which of the following?

• Division of labor
• Scientific management
• Time and motion studies
• General administrative theory

Prior to the Hawthorne studies, managers paid little attention to ________ in making decisions.

• efficiency
• cost control
• productivity
• human behavior

A major contribution that Taylor made to the study of management was ________.

• to measure efficiency on a 4-star scale
• to measure inefficiency on a 4-star scale
• to identify the one best way to get a job done
• to identify the three best ways to get a job done

It is a set of traditional assumptions about people which prompt managers to believe that people dislike work, seek to avoid responsibility and are not ambitious and must be supervised closely.

• Theory I

• Theory X

• Theory Y

• Theory Z

It is the tendency of people to behave differently when they receive attention because they respond to the demands of situation.

• Thorndike Law of effects

• Law of individual differences

• Hawthorne Effect

• Organizational Behavior

Classical management approach that emphasizes the scientific study of work methods to improve the efficiency of the workers.

• Administrative Management

• Bureaucratic Management

• Scientific Management

• Management Science

Principle of Responsibility and authority insists on

• Responsibility> Authority

• Authority> Responsibility

• Authority= Responsibility

• All of the above

Who is the proponent of Theory X & Y?

• Glasdour McGregor

• Conor McGregor

• Douglas McGregor

• Don McGregor

Unity of command insists on

• One boss one employee

• Orders from a single superior

• Match between orders of different bosses

• All of the above