Exam 2: The Evolution of Management Thinking

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__________ is a bar graph that measures planned and completed work along each stage of production by time elapsed.

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When the shop foreman receives and rewards valuable suggestions from its workers, and this leads to continual improvement of production, synergy has occurred.

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_________________________ refer to the aspects of a culture that guide and influence relationships among people.

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____________________ means giving employees the power, freedom, knowledge, and skills to make decisions and perform effectively.

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One of the advantages provided by good coordination within an organization is that entropy is reduced.

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Describe the assumptions behind McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y. How do the theories relate to the classical perspective on management and early human relations ideas?

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The classical perspective on management emerged during the early eighteenth century.

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Which of the following would be classified as an output for Coca-Cola, Inc.?

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Which of these forces pertain to the availability, production, and distribution of resources in a society?

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People are a cost to be minimized for managers in learning organizations.

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__________ becomes extremely important in organizations that deal with ideas rather than material goods.

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The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the development of which management perspective?

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Organization development is a specific set of management techniques based in the behavioral science approach.

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The learning organization is an attitude or philosophy about what an organization can become.

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Although team leadership is critical, in learning organizations the traditional boss is practically eliminated.

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Weberian bureaucracy?

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The management science perspective emerged after World Ward II to treat problems associated with

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Which of these means giving employees the power, freedom, knowledge, and skills to make decisions and perform effectively?

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According to the opening case in Chapter 2, Cemex specializes in delivering concrete in the most technologically advanced parts of the world.

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There are four components to the systems theory: inputs, outputs, feedback and the customers.

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