MGT3

When a manufacturing plant uses mathematical models to plan production and schedule equipment maintenance, it is drawing upon

• scientific management

• administrative management

• management science

• the behavioral management perspective

• Theory X assumptions

_____ and _____ are the two branches of the quantitative management perspective.
a. Scientific management; administrative management
b. The human relations movement; organizational behavior
c. Organizational behavior; operations management
d. Theory X; Theory Y
e. Management science; operations management

• Scientific management; administrative management

• The human relations movement; organizational behavior

• Organizational behavior; operations management

• Theory X; Theory Y

• Management science; operations management

The _____ perspective focuses on decision making, cost-effectiveness, mathematical models, and the use of
computers.
a. systems
b. behavioral management
c. classical management
d. contingency
e. quantitative management

• systems

• behavioral management

• classical management

• contingency

• quantitative management

Which of the following statements about management science is true?
a. It is part of the classical management perspective.
b. It relies on bureaucratic techniques proposed by Max Weber.
c. It focuses on mathematical representations of reality.
d. It is concerned with improving the performance of individual workers.
e. It introduced the piecework pay system.

• It is part of the classical management perspective.

• It relies on bureaucratic techniques proposed by Max Weber.

• It focuses on mathematical representations of reality.

• It is concerned with improving the performance of individual workers.

• It introduced the piecework pay system.

Which of the following statements about operations management is true?
a. It is more statistically sophisticated than management science.
b. It exclusively focuses on improving employee attitudes and behavior.
c. It can be applied more directly to managerial situations than management science.
d. It relies more on mathematical models than management science.
e. It cannot be applied to inventory control and production operations of an organization.

• It is more statistically sophisticated than management science.

• It exclusively focuses on improving employee attitudes and behavior.

• It can be applied more directly to managerial situations than management science.

• It relies more on mathematical models than management science.

• It cannot be applied to inventory control and production operations of an organization.

_____ is considered to be a form of applied management science.
a. Scientific management
b. Lean manufacturing
c. Behavioral management
d. The human relations movement
e. Operations management

• Scientific management

• Lean manufacturing

• Behavioral management

• The human relations movement

• Operations management

In the context of the systems perspective, an output would be
a. technological processes.
b. labor skills.
c. services.
d. raw materials.
e. human resources.

C

• technological processes.

• labor skills.

• services.

• raw materials.

• human resources.

In the context of the systems perspective, an input would be
a. human resources.
b. losses.
c. feedback loops.
d. products.
e. services.

• human resources.

• losses

• feedback loops.

• products

• services

Relatively new management concepts such as supply chain management and new techniques such as enterprise
resource planning evolved from the _____ perspective.
a. quantitative management
b. systems
c. contingency
d. classical management
e. behavioral management

• quantitative management

• systems

• contingency

• classical management

• behavioral management

In the systems perspective, outputs include
a. raw materials.
b. controls.
c. funds.
d. human resources.
e. employee attitudes.

• a. raw materials
• b. controls
• d. human resources
• c. funds
• e. employee attitudes.