History

Question 1

Who described beaucracy as a rational system

Answer 1

Max Weber

Question 2

Wrote the first principles of management

Answer 2

Henri Fayil

Question 3

Fred Taylor suggested what

Answer 3

Pay based on productivity

Question 4

First business degree

Answer 4

MBA. Based on scienctifc management

Question 5

What came about in the 70s-90s

Answer 5

That happy workers might not be high performers. Shift from mechanical clock to open sytems

Question 6

What are some of Fayol’s principles of management?

Answer 6

Specialization of labor, unity of direction, submission of individual preferences, line of authority, Order, fair compensation,

Question 7

What are some of Fayol’s principles of management?

Answer 7

unity of command, Manager have authority and responsibility to employees, equity, Stability of tenure, teamwork across organization, initiative.

Question 8

What was the humanistic view on workers?

Answer 8

Theory x: workers were lazy and must be told what to do, theory y people naturally want to work and given the right incentizeves will perform excellent.

Question 9

What was Fred Taylor’s view on the ideas of a company?

Answer 9

it was management not worker’s idea to come up with idea’s for the company.

Question 10

The Hawthorne studies found that

Answer 10

a happy worker isn’t always a productive worker. people tend to work better when they are being watched.

Question 11

What are some trends we see in companies today?

Answer 11

Companies as social movements. Globalization, more remote work

Question 12

Henri Fayol created what

Answer 12

14 principles of management

Question 13

Henri fayol’s idea of management was that

Answer 13

productivity could increase by emphasizing organizational structure and human behavior.

Question 14

What are criticism of scientific management

Answer 14

Not applicable to real work, jobs suck, but difficult for gains in productivity