Models of Management

Good models/theories ....

• Simplify complex realities

• Save time and effort

• Identify major elements and variables of a phenomenon

• All of the above

Many managers trust their own experience more than research

• True

• False

• Not Applicable

The rational goals model requires the following skills

• Developing a vision

• Setting goals

• Working productively

• All of the above

A human relations approach requires strong accounting skills

• False

• True

• Not Applicable

Scientific Management is a rational goal model first described by ......

• John B Watson

• Costa & McCrae

• Frederick Taylor

• Henry Ford

Fordism is a form of Scientific Management

• True

• False

• Not Applicable

Which of the following is NOT an element of Scientific Management

• Creativity

• Payment by results

• Close supervision

• None of the above

Lean Production is a form of scientific management first used in China

• True

• False

• Not Applicable

Bureaucracies are based on ....

• Rules and regulations

• Division of labor

• Hierarchies

• All of the above

Elton Mayo is well known for ....

• Describing Open systems models

• The Hawthorne experiments

• Inventing mayonnaise

• None of the above