BCOR 370 WVU COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● Why do we have organizations?
Answer: -efficiency; to accomplish specific objectives
-serve society
-provide careers
●● How do organizations accomplish their objectives?
Answer: -Basic framework of management
-Decision Making
●● Basic Framework of Management
Answer: -Planning
-Organizing
-Leading
-Controlling
●● Management
Answer: The process of achieving goals, effectively and efficiently
through, and with other people.
, ●● What is scientific management?
Answer: The use of the scientific method to determine the "one best
way" to perform a job or task
●● Frederick Taylor
Answer: "The Father of Scientific Management"
-wrote the first management textbook
●● Frank and Lilian Gilbreth
Answer: Used scientific management:
-motion studies
-Brick laying example
●● What is the Legacy of Scientific Management?
Answer: -Fast efficient assembly lines
-techniques used from fast food to surgery
-job design, selection, training
●● During the 1920's and 1930's...
Answer: Management is dominated by "efficiency experts"
concentrating on efficiency and productivity above all else
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● Why do we have organizations?
Answer: -efficiency; to accomplish specific objectives
-serve society
-provide careers
●● How do organizations accomplish their objectives?
Answer: -Basic framework of management
-Decision Making
●● Basic Framework of Management
Answer: -Planning
-Organizing
-Leading
-Controlling
●● Management
Answer: The process of achieving goals, effectively and efficiently
through, and with other people.
, ●● What is scientific management?
Answer: The use of the scientific method to determine the "one best
way" to perform a job or task
●● Frederick Taylor
Answer: "The Father of Scientific Management"
-wrote the first management textbook
●● Frank and Lilian Gilbreth
Answer: Used scientific management:
-motion studies
-Brick laying example
●● What is the Legacy of Scientific Management?
Answer: -Fast efficient assembly lines
-techniques used from fast food to surgery
-job design, selection, training
●● During the 1920's and 1930's...
Answer: Management is dominated by "efficiency experts"
concentrating on efficiency and productivity above all else
