Exam 2: A History Module

Frederick W. Taylor is most closely associated with which of the following?

The quantitative approach to management evolved out of mathematical methods of solving military problems.

According to Henri Fayol, the principle of ________ requires employees to respect the rules of their organization.

________ was a strong proponent of division of labor.

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth got their ideas for management from the book Cheaper by the Dozen.

Factories in the Industrial Revolution needed to forecast demand to make sure that workers were paid fairly.

Taylor was the originator of the concept of scientific management.

Max Weber felt this was an ideal form of organization.

________ felt that managers could learn how to motivate workers better by studying basic human behavior.

People value history because it can help put events that are taking place today into perspective.

The division of labor is also referred to by the term job specification.

Hugo Munsterberg suggested that psychological tests could be helpful in ________ for an organization.

Robert Owen, Mary Parker Follett, and Hugo Munsterberg wrote extensively about how important ________ to an organization's success.

The only item that serves as both an input and an output in an open system organization is ________.

Adam Smith argued that division of labor increased productivity.

The Industrial Revolution is largely credited with ushering in the birth of ________.

Evidence that managers in the fifteenth-century Venetian shipbuilding facility were interested in job satisfaction is best shown by which of the following?

The Industrial Revolution made ________ necessary for manufacturing organization's success for the first time in history.

In a short essay, identify the principles of management identified by Henri Fayol that are most important for the satisfaction and welfare of employees.

The year 1776 is an important date in the history of management because it saw the birth of the world's first democratic republic.