Exam 16: Appendix: History Module

Which person was best known for developing the hierarchy of five needs theory?

Fayol's principle of ________ states that an employee in an organization should answer to only one superior.

Which technology development is likely to have the greatest impact on the organization of the future?

The most important pre-twentieth century development in management was the ________.

Successfully designing a 450-foot-tall pyramid is primarily evidence of which management function?

The "Whiz Kids" applied statistical methods to management at ________.

The Industrial Revolution began in the seventeenth century.

In a short essay, describe the Hawthorne studies and how they were interpreted.

Which of the following is most closely associated with the work of W.Edwards Deming?

Factories in the Industrial Revolution needed to forecast demand to make sure that workers were paid fairly.

Fayol feels that managers should be given authority over workers, but not the ability to give orders.

The year 1776 is an important date in the history of management because it saw the birth of the world's first democratic republic.

Robert Owen, Mary Parker Follett, and Hugo Munsterberg wrote extensively about how important ________ to an organization's success.

Evidence that managers in the fifteenth-century Venetian shipbuilding facility were interested in job satisfaction is best shown by which of the following?

In a short essay, discuss the work of Henri Fayol and Max Weber as it relates to the general administrative approach to management.

Taylor was the originator of the concept of scientific management.

The quantitative approach to management was largely used to improve ________.

The Hawthorne studies showed that the brighter the lights in the room, the more productive were workers who worked in the room.

People value history because it can help put events that are taking place today into perspective.

Organizational behavior studies were based purely on theoretical ideals rather than actual observation.