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Scientific Management

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is Taylor's fundamental principles that states that change in attitude and behavior towards each other is instrumental in rolling things out in a time - efficient manner.

a)

Emphasis on Science

b)

Selection and Training

c)

Mental Revolution

d)

Optimum Output

2.

It is the art of knowing exactly what is to be done in the best and the cheapest way.

a)

Scientific Management

b)

Planning

c)

Decision Making

d)

None of the Above

3.

He proposed that optimizing jobs would increase productivity.

a)

Frederick Winslow Taylor

b)

Friderick Wislow Taylor

c)

Friedrick Winslow Taylor

d)

None of the choices

4.

Based on Taylor's theory, the following are the problems in management, EXCEPT:

a)

Slacking Off

b)

Unmanageable workload

c)

No incentives, no business

d)

Selfishness

5.

For increased efficiency, Taylor believed that there needs to be planning, coordination, and continuous direction.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

None of the above

6.

Scientific Management can be summarized in the following principles, EXCEPT:

a)

Using scientific methods to determine and standardize the one best way of doing a job

b)

A clear division of tasks and responsibilities

c)

High pay for high-performing employees

d)

All of the above

7.

Who first came up with the Scientific Management Theory?

a)

Maya Follett

b)

Frederick Taylor

c)

Henri Fayol

d)

Max Weber

8.

What does this theory emphasize?

a)

Money

b)

Employees' needs

c)

Efficiency

d)

Power

9.

What does this theory propose?

a)

The worker be matched to a specific job that matches the ability level of the employee

b)

The slower working employees be fired and new faster ones get hired instead

c)

The employees that work faster should be paid more to encourage efficiency in other employees

d)

None of the choices

10.

By ensuring that the workers are productive at work, the production would be:

a)

slower because employees are tired

b)

greater and of higher quality

c)

greater but of lower quality

d)

All of the choices

11.

A characteristic of scientific management.

a)

Organizations should look like the government and legal system

b)

Systematic principles to train managers

c)

Popularized "Time and Motion" studies"

d)

Standardized guidelines for hiring and firing

12.

Which of the following best describe the "principle of division of work"?

a)

work should be divided into small work and should be divided into small tasks

b)

Work shouldn't be divided

c)

All work should be done by the supervisor

d)

Work should be done by the new employee