Exam 2: The Management Movement

Ralph C.Davis was the first American to publish a functional breakdown of the management process.Which of the following is a function of the management process according to him?

_____ designed a plan that coupled an incentive system with a request for cooperation.

When researchers lowered the levels of illumination in the room at the Hawthorne plant's study site,they noticed a drop in the levels of productivity.

One of the significant achievements of the Sherman Antitrust Act was that the psychological and physical aspects of a job such as boredom,monotony,and fatigue were studied or considered in the design of most jobs.

The attention shown to the employees by experimenters positively biases their productivity.This phenomenon is known as the _____ effect.

The Golden Age of Unionism saw an increased emphasis on:

Henri Fayol was the first management scholar to present explicitly a functional analysis of the management process.

According to Peters and Waterman,which of the following characteristics of excellent companies refers to a tendency to get on with things and a willingness to experiment?

Which of the following was a direct result of the Great Depression?

The Scanlon Plan encouraged individual rewards as opposed to group rewards.

Under the systems approach to management,the organization is seen as an open system that is influenced by its internal and external environmental factors.

_____ identified planning,organizing,commanding,coordinating,and controlling as elements of management.

Identify some of the elements of the Lincoln Electric management philosophy.

Identify the contributions of Henry Lawrence Gantt.

The _____ management philosophy encouraged widespread delegation of authority to solicit the participation of all employees.

Contrast the management styles put forth by McCormick and Scanlon.

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth contributed greatly to research in the area of _____.

The Gantt chart graphically depicts both expected and actual profits.

Which of the following is a principle of management identified by Henri Fayol?

The term "management theory jungle" was developed by Harold Koontz to refer to the division of thought that resulted from the multiple approaches to studying the management process.