BCOR 370 WVU exam 1 Houghton Questions
With Correct Answers
Organization |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |systematic |arrangement |of |people |to |accomplish |
some |specific |purpose
Why |do |we |have |organizations? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--efficiency; |to |accomplish |specific |
objectives
-serve |society
-provide |careers
How |do |organizations |accomplish |their |objectives? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Basic |framework |
of |management
-Decision |Making
Basic |Framework |of |Management |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Planning
-Organizing
-Leading
-Controlling
Management |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |process |of |achieving |goals, |effectively |and |
efficiently |through, |and |with |other |people.
What |is |scientific |management? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |use |of |the |scientific |method |to |
determine |the |"one |best |way" |to |perform |a |job |or |task
Frederick |Taylor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-"The |Father |of |Scientific |Management"
, -wrote |the |first |management |textbook
Frank |and |Lilian |Gilbreth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Used |scientific |management:
-motion |studies
-Brick |laying |example
What |is |the |Legacy |of |Scientific |Management? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Fast |efficient |
assembly |lines
-techniques |used |from |fast |food |to |surgery
-job |design, |selection, |training
During |the |1920's |and |1930's... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Management |is |dominated |by
|"efficiency |experts" |concentrating |on |efficiency |and |productivity |above |all |else
What |do |you |see |as |some |of |the |problems |with |this |approach |to |management? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Emphasis |on |productivity |and |profitability |resulted |in |unhappy |workers, |labor |
unions |and |strikes
Bureaucracy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |organization |design |marked |by |specialization, |division
|of |labor, |authority |hierarchies |and |formal |rules |and |procedures
Max |Weber |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Observed |that |the |bureaucracy |was |the |dominant |
organization |type |because |it |was |the |most |efficient
Mary |Parker |Follett |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Wrote |about |human |factors |in |the |work |place
Elton |Mayo |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |Hawthorne |Studies
With Correct Answers
Organization |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |systematic |arrangement |of |people |to |accomplish |
some |specific |purpose
Why |do |we |have |organizations? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--efficiency; |to |accomplish |specific |
objectives
-serve |society
-provide |careers
How |do |organizations |accomplish |their |objectives? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Basic |framework |
of |management
-Decision |Making
Basic |Framework |of |Management |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Planning
-Organizing
-Leading
-Controlling
Management |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |process |of |achieving |goals, |effectively |and |
efficiently |through, |and |with |other |people.
What |is |scientific |management? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |use |of |the |scientific |method |to |
determine |the |"one |best |way" |to |perform |a |job |or |task
Frederick |Taylor |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-"The |Father |of |Scientific |Management"
, -wrote |the |first |management |textbook
Frank |and |Lilian |Gilbreth |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Used |scientific |management:
-motion |studies
-Brick |laying |example
What |is |the |Legacy |of |Scientific |Management? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Fast |efficient |
assembly |lines
-techniques |used |from |fast |food |to |surgery
-job |design, |selection, |training
During |the |1920's |and |1930's... |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Management |is |dominated |by
|"efficiency |experts" |concentrating |on |efficiency |and |productivity |above |all |else
What |do |you |see |as |some |of |the |problems |with |this |approach |to |management? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Emphasis |on |productivity |and |profitability |resulted |in |unhappy |workers, |labor |
unions |and |strikes
Bureaucracy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |organization |design |marked |by |specialization, |division
|of |labor, |authority |hierarchies |and |formal |rules |and |procedures
Max |Weber |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Observed |that |the |bureaucracy |was |the |dominant |
organization |type |because |it |was |the |most |efficient
Mary |Parker |Follett |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Wrote |about |human |factors |in |the |work |place
Elton |Mayo |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |Hawthorne |Studies
