Chapter 2 Multiple choice questions

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. Who would not be described as a classical management theorist?

Michel Foucault correct incorrect

Adam Smith correct incorrect

Frederick Winslow Taylor correct incorrect

Chester Barnard correct incorrect

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. According to Marx, when workers sell their labor in return for a wage this leads to:

Alienation correct incorrect

Isolation correct incorrect

Independence correct incorrect

Wealth correct incorrect

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. Merit-based selection based on rationally formulated rules and laws is the definition of which of Weber's authority structures?

Traditional correct incorrect

Charismatic correct incorrect

Rational-legal correct incorrect

Successive correct incorrect

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. Mary Parker Follett proposed the idea that power is a source of:

Conflict correct incorrect

Exploitation correct incorrect

Creative energy correct incorrect

Domination correct incorrect

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. According to social constructionism what creates and maintains social order?

Symbolism correct incorrect

Structure correct incorrect

Facts correct incorrect

Organization correct incorrect

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. Which theorist developed the theory of power/knowledge?

Michel Foucault correct incorrect

Jacques Derrida correct incorrect

Jean-François Lyotard correct incorrect

Jean Baudrillard correct incorrect

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. The logic of which theory can be described as 'If this situation exists . . . then that should be done'?

Socio-technical systems theory correct incorrect

Contingency theory correct incorrect

Institutional theory correct incorrect

Enactment theory correct incorrect

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. Which perspective is particularly influenced by the Enlightenment ideals of progress and belief in rationality?

Classical correct incorrect

Modern correct incorrect

Symbolic-interpretive correct incorrect

Postmodern correct incorrect

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. Which management theorist is considered the founding father of scientific management?

Frederick Winslow Taylor correct incorrect

Karl Marx correct incorrect

Max Weber correct incorrect

Henri Fayol correct incorrect

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. The notion that changing the context surrounding a text (a set of symbols) changes the text's meaning underlies which postmodern discursive practice?

Deconstruction correct incorrect

Delayering correct incorrect

Power/knowledge correct incorrect

Simulacra correct incorrect