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What is the primary goal of Time-Motion study as used by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth?
What is the primary goal of Time-Motion study as used by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth?
- To increase worker autonomy
- To reduce unnecessary actions and increase efficiency (correct)
- To increase employee satisfaction
- To implement a more hierarchical organizational structure
What is the primary focus of the General Administrative Theory?
What is the primary focus of the General Administrative Theory?
- To improve decision-making using quantitative techniques
- To increase efficiency through the division of work
- To study the behavior of people at work
- To describe what managers do and what constitutes good management practice (correct)
What is the concept that emphasizes the importance of reducing individual interests to achieve the goals of the organization?
What is the concept that emphasizes the importance of reducing individual interests to achieve the goals of the organization?
- Unity of command
- Scalar of chain
- Subordination of individual interest to general interest (correct)
- Initiative
What is the primary conclusion of the Hawthorne studies?
What is the primary conclusion of the Hawthorne studies?
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What is the primary focus of Total Quality Management?
What is the primary focus of Total Quality Management?
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Who is associated with the concept of Bureaucracy?
Who is associated with the concept of Bureaucracy?
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What is the primary goal of the Behavioral Approach to management?
What is the primary goal of the Behavioral Approach to management?
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What is the concept that emphasizes the importance of having a clear chain of authority in an organization?
What is the concept that emphasizes the importance of having a clear chain of authority in an organization?
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What is the primary focus of the Scientific Management approach?
What is the primary focus of the Scientific Management approach?
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What is the primary goal of the Quantitative Approach to management?
What is the primary goal of the Quantitative Approach to management?
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