Major Fields Business Test [ACTUAL EXAM] LATEST VERSION
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A. Scientific Management-focused on making tasks more efficient. Frederick Taylor is
the father of Scientific Management. Other notable people involved with Scientific
Management are the Gilbreaths and Gantt.
B. Organization Theory- Focused on the management of the organization, not the task.
Henri Fayol developed 14 principles of management such as Unity of Command- report
only to one manager. - CORRECT ANSWER Classical Management
A. Human Relations- started by the Hawthorne studies which made researchers realize
the importance of people at work.
B. Organizational Behavior- interdisciplinary field looking at role of human behavior at
work. Topics include leadership, motivation, groups, etc. It is more comprehensive than
Human Relations. - CORRECT ANSWER Behavioral
looks at quantitative approaches to making managerial decisions. - CORRECT
ANSWER Quantitative (Management Science)
planning, organizing, leading, controlling - CORRECT ANSWER Four Functions of
Management
Functional departmentalization, Project departmentalization, Geographic
departmentalization, Matrix Structure. - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational
Structure
forming, storming, norming, performing, adjournment. - CORRECT ANSWER Stages
of group development
standards of expected behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Group norms
the degree to which the members are attracted to the group and want to remain part of
the group. - CORRECT ANSWER Group cohesiveness
, when highly cohesive groups fail to critically evaluate alternatives - CORRECT
ANSWER Groupthink
leaders have traits that make them leaders - CORRECT ANSWER Trait Theories
looked at leaders behaviors such as being task-oriented or people-oriented - CORRECT
ANSWER Behavioral Theories
stated that appropriate leader behavior was based on the situation - CORRECT
ANSWER Situational or Contingency theories
three situational variables: leader-member relations, task structure, and leader position
power - CORRECT ANSWER Fiedler's Theory
situational variables: employee variables (personality such as locus of control,
perceived ability level) and situational variables ( such as task structure, group
dynamics, etc.).
Four Leader Behaviors: directive, supportive, participative, achievement. - CORRECT
ANSWER Path-Goal Theory
Situational variable: task-relevant maturity. Four stages: 1. high task and low
relationship. 2. high task and high relationship. 3. high relationship and low task. 4. low
task and low relationship - CORRECT ANSWER Hersey-Blanchard's Life Cycle
Theory
leadership that inspires employees to do more than they thought they could do -
CORRECT ANSWER Transformational Leadership
those factors that take the place of leadership such as task experience, professional
orientation, supportive work groups - CORRECT ANSWER Substitutes
physiological, safety & security, social, esteem, self-actualization - CORRECT
ANSWER Maslow's Hierarchy
existence, relatedness, growth - CORRECT ANSWER Aldefer's ERG Theory
need for achievement, need for affiliation, need for power - CORRECT ANSWER
McClelland's Acquired Needs Theory
effort leads to performance, leads to outcome - CORRECT ANSWER Expectancy
theory
the process by which people interpret the behavior of others by assigning to it motives
or causes - CORRECT ANSWER Attribution theory
[QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS] WITH PRACTICE EXAM DETAILED AND
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS- LATEST UPDATE 2025 GRADED
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A. Scientific Management-focused on making tasks more efficient. Frederick Taylor is
the father of Scientific Management. Other notable people involved with Scientific
Management are the Gilbreaths and Gantt.
B. Organization Theory- Focused on the management of the organization, not the task.
Henri Fayol developed 14 principles of management such as Unity of Command- report
only to one manager. - CORRECT ANSWER Classical Management
A. Human Relations- started by the Hawthorne studies which made researchers realize
the importance of people at work.
B. Organizational Behavior- interdisciplinary field looking at role of human behavior at
work. Topics include leadership, motivation, groups, etc. It is more comprehensive than
Human Relations. - CORRECT ANSWER Behavioral
looks at quantitative approaches to making managerial decisions. - CORRECT
ANSWER Quantitative (Management Science)
planning, organizing, leading, controlling - CORRECT ANSWER Four Functions of
Management
Functional departmentalization, Project departmentalization, Geographic
departmentalization, Matrix Structure. - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational
Structure
forming, storming, norming, performing, adjournment. - CORRECT ANSWER Stages
of group development
standards of expected behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Group norms
the degree to which the members are attracted to the group and want to remain part of
the group. - CORRECT ANSWER Group cohesiveness
, when highly cohesive groups fail to critically evaluate alternatives - CORRECT
ANSWER Groupthink
leaders have traits that make them leaders - CORRECT ANSWER Trait Theories
looked at leaders behaviors such as being task-oriented or people-oriented - CORRECT
ANSWER Behavioral Theories
stated that appropriate leader behavior was based on the situation - CORRECT
ANSWER Situational or Contingency theories
three situational variables: leader-member relations, task structure, and leader position
power - CORRECT ANSWER Fiedler's Theory
situational variables: employee variables (personality such as locus of control,
perceived ability level) and situational variables ( such as task structure, group
dynamics, etc.).
Four Leader Behaviors: directive, supportive, participative, achievement. - CORRECT
ANSWER Path-Goal Theory
Situational variable: task-relevant maturity. Four stages: 1. high task and low
relationship. 2. high task and high relationship. 3. high relationship and low task. 4. low
task and low relationship - CORRECT ANSWER Hersey-Blanchard's Life Cycle
Theory
leadership that inspires employees to do more than they thought they could do -
CORRECT ANSWER Transformational Leadership
those factors that take the place of leadership such as task experience, professional
orientation, supportive work groups - CORRECT ANSWER Substitutes
physiological, safety & security, social, esteem, self-actualization - CORRECT
ANSWER Maslow's Hierarchy
existence, relatedness, growth - CORRECT ANSWER Aldefer's ERG Theory
need for achievement, need for affiliation, need for power - CORRECT ANSWER
McClelland's Acquired Needs Theory
effort leads to performance, leads to outcome - CORRECT ANSWER Expectancy
theory
the process by which people interpret the behavior of others by assigning to it motives
or causes - CORRECT ANSWER Attribution theory
