Tutorial 2

What was one of the advantages of Taylor's scientific management approach?

• Increased employee autonomy

• Enhanced job satisfaction

• Improved economic efficiency

• Decreased standardization

What is a disadvantage associated with Taylor's scientific management?

• Decreased standardization

• Enhanced job satisfaction

• Increased employee autonomy

• Employee dissatisfaction due to repetitive tasks

Which of the following is a characteristic of Weber's bureaucratic organization?

• Flexibility in decision-making

• Strict hierarchy and clear lines of authority

• Impersonal work environment

• Informal rules and procedures

What is an advantage of Weber's bureaucratic organization? I

• Flexibility in decision-making

• Informal work environment

• Enhanced creativity

• Impersonal work environment

What did the Hawthorne Studies demonstrate?

• Workers' productivity is unrelated to any external factors

• Workers' productivity is strongly influenced by social factors and psychological state

• Workers' productivity is solely influenced by individual abilities

• Workers' productivity is solely influenced by economic factors

The Hawthorne Studies played a significant role in the development of which management approach?

• Human Relations Movement

• Scientific management

• Bureaucratic organization

• Total Quality Management (TQM)

7. What does the Human Relations Movement emphasize?

• 7. Clear lines of authority

• 7. Efficiency and standardization

• 7. Social and psychological needs of workers

• Division of labor

Frederick W. Taylor, the father of scientific management developed scientific management who suggested the decision based on which aspects?

• rule of thumbs and tradition way

• precise work procedures