2.2 - Classical Viewpoint Management Quiz

It refers to one of 17 basic motions workers can perform.

Frank Gilbreth

1911 - 1947

<p>1913 - 1950's</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1940s - 1950s</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The classical viewpoint emphasized finding ways to manage work more efficiently and assumed that people are rational. It has two branches - scientific and administrative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scientific and administrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the early 20th century, labor was in short supply, so managers looked for ways to make employees more productive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Management approach that emphasizes the scientific study of work methods to improve the productivity of individual workers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Frederick W. Taylor and the team of Frank and Lilian Gilbreth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is the father of scientific management. He believed managers could improve workers' productivity by applying four principles of science.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Evaluate a task by scientifically studying each part if it. 2. Carefully select workers with the right abilities for the task. 3. Give workers the training and incentives to do the task with proper work methods. 4. Use scientific principles to plan the work methods.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Motion studies, as he broke down each worker's job into basic physical motions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Frederick Taylor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More efficient workers earn higher rates of pay.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Workers were against it, as they feared it would lead to lost jobs except for the highly productive few.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>If used correctly, his ideas can enhance productivity. His innovations such as motion studies and differential pay are still used today.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They filmed workers in order to isolate parts of the job.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parents to 12 children, expanders of Taylor's motion studies. Lillian was the first woman to be a major contributor to management science.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scientific management is concerned with the jobs of individuals, whereas administrative management is concerned with managing the total organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Management concerned with managing the total organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Clinton Spaulding, Henri Fayol, and Max Weber.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Clinton Spaulding</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Clinton Spaulding</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spaulding's necessities broadened the view of what it takes to effectively manage people and organizations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The need for authority, division of labor, adequate capital, proper budgeting, and cooperation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fayol was a French engineer and industrialist who was the first to systematize management behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He developed the four major functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Max Weber (1864 - 1920) was a German sociologist who supported bureaucracy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>A well-defined hierarchy of authority. 2. Formal rules and procedures. 3. A clear division of labor. 4. Impersonality. 5. Careers based on merit.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>His views came to influence the structure of large corporations, such as the Coca-Cola Company.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was viewed as too mechanistic: it tends to view humans as cogs within a machine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The classical viewpoint led to innovations such as management by objectives and goal setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers