Management Principles and Theories Quiz

Study Notes

Managers coordinate and oversee the work of others to achieve organizational goals.
There are three levels of managers: top, middle, and first-line.
Managers need technical, human, and conceptual skills to manage effectively.
Efficiency refers to getting the most output from the least amount of resources, while effectiveness refers to achieving organizational goals.
The four management functions are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Managers have 10 roles grouped around interpersonal relationships, information transfer, and decision-making.
Ancient management involved a tremendous number of employed people.
Adam Smith advocated for job specialization to increase productivity.
The Industrial Revolution created large organizations in need of management.
There is a universal need for management and various approaches to it.
Frederick W. Taylor is the "father" of scientific management.
Taylor developed the theory of scientific management.
Taylor's principles include developing a science for each element of an individual's work.
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth focused on increasing worker productivity through the reduction of wasted motion.
Henri Fayol believed in principles of management that applied to all organizational situations.
Fayol's 14 principles of management include unity of command and equity.
Max Weber developed a theory of authority based on an ideal type of organization (bureaucracy).
Weber emphasized rationality, predictability, and impersonality.
Time and motion studies are used today to increase productivity.
Incentive systems are designed based on output.