Exam 13: Managing Principles

Taylor and Fayol were both engineers,while Mayo had experience as a counsellor and Follett came from a background in social work.How are these differences in intellectual backgrounds reflected in their theorizing?

Mary Parker Follett was the first management theorist to emphasize that ______.

Which of the following would be typical of Braverman's view on management?

Which one of the following theorists was credited with developing the concept of bureaucratic organization?

The notion of esprit de corps emphasizes harmony and cohesion amongst organizational members.Which of the following management theorists is credited with the term?

Which one of the following is NOT one of Harry Braverman's three principle arguments about the outcomes of Taylor's scientific management?

According to your text book what was a major contributor to the growth in the size of businesses in the mid-1800s?

One reason why Braverman's work has been criticized is because he is seen as romanticizing the nature of work.What was another criticism of Braverman's ideas raised in your textbook?

What lessons did researcher's draw from the Hawthorne studies concerning informal relations in the workplace?

If a manager selects an employee to fit the task,trains that employee so she learns the best way of doing things,and then monitored her closely,that manager would be adhering to the principles of ______.

What major contribution did Mary Parker Follett bring from her study of community based action to the analysis of organizations?

According to your textbook why would managers pursue the de-skilling of labour and simplifying of jobs?

What impact did Elton Mayo have upon the dominant scientific management thinking at the time that he wrote?

How did the development of limited liability legislation and the joint stock company produce problems of management and how were they resolved in the period 1870-1920?

Ritzer argues that all aspects of our world are being rationalized through McDonaldization via four major mechanisms.One of those is the process of 'efficiency',which of the following is an example of such a mechanism?

Which of the following is Weber's concept that deference and obedience are owed not to a person or a title,but to the role they fill?

How did Edwards (1979)extend Braverman's arguments about managerial control?

According to Ritzer,why might an organization like McDonalds not be as 'rational' as it appears on face value?

Which of the following is one of the 15 dimensions of Weber's bureaucracy?

Max Weber identified three sources of authority,which one of the following is NOT one of those?