Exam 6: The Evolution of Management Organizational Theory

When we hear jokes about the malfunctioning rocket that was called the "civil servant," because it would not work and you could not fire it, this is an indictment against "bureaucrats."

The concept of complex adaptive systems suggests that organizations are systems that are capable of reacting quickly to changing circumstances and threats.

Adam Smith believed the capitalist, in fostering his own self-interest, may often find the workings of the "invisible hand" promoting the public interest.

Paul Appleby argued that

Mary, a union shop steward, says that the Supervisor of her unit keeps very strict time and motion control over employee work, and that there is only one way to do the job-which is the Supervisor's way. Mary refers to this as:

"Strategy" comes to management theory from the ancient management scholar, Augustus Caesar, and means "the art of the general."

Administrative Theory began with:

Henri Fayol was the first to develop a comprehensive theory of management that covered six principles, including production of goods, financial and commercial analysis, security, accounting, and managerial coordination.

Which of the following is Burns and Stalker's contribution to organization theory?

The experience of building and operating the Tennessee Valley Authority determined that the process of government was blatantly political.

All of the following describe sociologist Philip Selznick, EXCEPT:

The "Butterfly Effect" postulates that

The PODSCORB principles were closest to which of the following theorists?

________________argued that organizations strive to maintain a state of dynamic equilibrium through a process of adaptation. This person explained that organizations self-regulate and adapt to survive.

From the work of Philip Selznick and other sociologists we learned that organizations do not exist as islands in the environment separate from each other, but are interrelated and interacting.

Which of the following is true of "the bureaucracy"?

Which of the following is NOT included in Max Weber's theory of the ideal type bureaucracy?

The concept of scientific management is associated with Max Weber who incorporated scientific principles into management.

The acknowledged father of scientific management and the author of The Principles of Scientific Management was

Herbert Simon's theory of bounded rationality states that human beings "satisfice" because they do not have the intellectual capacity to maximize.