2026 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
◉ 6 Major Theories of Management. Answer: Scientific
Administrative
Behavioral
Management Science
Organizational Environment
Leadership and Innovation
◉ Scientific Management Theory Contributors. Answer: Adam Smith
Fredrick Taylor
Gilbreaths
◉ Adam Smith. Answer: 1700's - Job Specialization and Division of
Labor
◉ Fredrick Taylor. Answer: late 1800's - 4 Principles to increase
efficiency
◉ 4 Principles to Increase Efficiency. Answer: 1. Study the Work,
experiment with improvements
,2. Codify the best methods for doing the work
3. Hire/Align worker skills with the jobs to be done
4. Provide fair pay and incentives
◉ Gilbreaths: 3 Steps. Answer: 1. Analyze all tasks, break into
components
2. Find better ways to perform each component
3. Reorganize each component so overall more efficient
◉ Administrative Management Theory Contributors. Answer: Max
Weber
Henri Fayol
◉ Max Weber. Answer: 5 Principles of Bureaucracy to ensure
efficiency & effectiveness
Describes a formal system of organization and administration
◉ Henri Fayol. Answer: 14 Principles of Efficiency
More comprehensive and balanced view of the organization
◉ Behavioral Management Theory Contributors. Answer: Mary
Parker Follet
Elton Mayo
, Douglas McGregor
◉ Mary Parker Follet. Answer: Emphasized the Human side of
management
"Authority should go with knowledge" - employee job self
determination
Identified the importance of cross-functioning (collaboration across
the org)
◉ Elton Mayo. Answer: Hawthorne Studies
Management involvement with workers more important than
physical work conditions
Birth of Human Relations movement
◉ Douglas McGregor. Answer: Theory X, Theory Y
◉ Management Science Theory. Answer: Quantitative Management
Operations Management
Total Quality Management
Management Information Systems
◉ Quantitative Management. Answer: Uses data and math based
models, simulations, and techniques to aid decisions