evolution to management thought

Which of the following management thought focuses on the application of scientific tools providing a quantitatively measurable base for managerial decisions?

• Quantitative management

• Scalar management

• System management

• Measurable management

Which era signifies the beginning of systematic study of organisations and management practices?

• Classical Management

• Scientific Management

• Behavioural Science

• Administrative Management

Which concept focuses on the manager and the use of general principles and functions for improving organisational functioning?

• Administrative management

• Scientific management

• Bureaucratic management

• Neo-classical management

Who advocated the bureaucratic school of management thought?

• Max Weber

• F W Taylor

• Henri Fayol

• Elton Mayo

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

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

A school of management thought concerned primarily with how organizations should be structured and managed.

• Scientific Management

• Administrative Management

• Contingency Approach

• Human Relations Movement

Which of the following is one of the key findings in Hawthorne experiment?

• Cooperation between worker and management will ensure work is accomplished.

• Developing standards of work will boost productivity

• Employees perform better when they are part of any program.

• Workers when rewarded with financial incentives increase their productivity

Who gave the principles of scientific management?

• Frederick Winslow Taylor

• Henri Fayol

• Henri Taylor

• F W Fayol

• Gantt