History of Management Quiz

Which of the following statements characterizes the thinking that emerged from the Hawthorne studies?

Concern for the worker will lead to greater worker satisfaction, which will then lead to increased output.

The rapid development of infrastructure and factories was made possible through:

Division of Labor

Scientific management's primary focus is...

Efficiency

Key elements of the scientific management philosophy include all of the following EXCEPT:

Expanding the nature of tasks performed by employees to add more variety to the job.

The theorist who used time studies to search for new ways to improve performance through a scientific, quantitative approach was:

Frederick W. Taylor.

The scientific approach to management is sometimes referred to as

Taylorism

Henry Ford is credited with creating:

The assembly line

The Hawthorne Studies were initially devised to study ______________.

The effect of illumination levels on employee productivity.

Scientific management evolved at the dawn of the twentieth century because

Worker efficiency was slow