Exam 16: Appendix: History Module

A highly centralized organization is one in which subordinates are given a lot of opportunity to make decisions.

________ felt that managers could learn how to motivate workers better by studying basic human behavior.

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

The best evidence that managers must have guided the construction of the Egyptian pyramids is ________.

A system is defined as a set of interrelated and interdependent parts that function ________.

The organizers of the Hawthorne studies expected worker productivity to be proportional to ________ in the factory.

________ is the originator of the Fourteen Principles of Management.

In a short essay, describe how the work of Abraham Maslow influenced management.

The quantitative approach to management evolved out of mathematical methods of solving military problems.

Fayol's principle of ________ refers to how to build harmony and unity in an organization.

Henri Fayol and Frederick W.Taylor learned about management from studying actual managers at work.

In a short essay, describe how the contingency variable of organization size might affect management style.

Which of the following is NOT a topic that is addressed by organizational behavior research?

Max Weber helped ________.

A contingency variable that can affect managing style is organization size.