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Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Questions
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Which 18
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Frederick Taylor
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Henry Mintzberg
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Adam Smith
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Dr Samuel Johnson
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What characteristic is
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Morale
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Innovation
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Growth resource
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Adaptation
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Which one of these characteristics is most commonly associated with the 'rational goal' model of management?
Worker welfare
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Health and safety
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Interpersonal relationships
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Productivity
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What is the guiding principle of scientific management?
Experimentation
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Fluid working relationships
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Freedom of association
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One best way to do a job
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What is Frank Gilbreth`s work most noted for?
Working conditions
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Time and motion studies
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Work psychology
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Work as a social setting
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Which one of the following is
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Authority
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Regulations
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Command structure
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Change
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Which writer was concerned with the reaction of workers to key characteristics of bureaucracies?
Merton
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Weber
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Gouldner
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Mayo
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Which feature does
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form one of Fayol's 14 principles of management?
Esprit de corps
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Initiative
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Order
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Individualism
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The Hawthorn Studies are most associated with which writer?
Mary Parker Follett
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Elton Mayo
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Lillian Gilbreth
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Frederick Taylor
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As what are key factors that reflect the situation of an organisation referred to?
Administrations
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Processes
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Activities
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Contingencies
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