BCOR 370 WVU EXAM 1 HOUGHTON | QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Organization Answer - A systematic arrangement of people to accomplish
some specific purpose
Why do we have organizations? Answer - -efficiency; to accomplish specific
objectives
-serve society
-provide careers
How do organizations accomplish their objectives? Answer - -Basic framework
of management
-Decision Making
Basic Framework of Management Answer - -Planning
-Organizing
-Leading
-Controlling
Management Answer - The process of achieving goals, effectively and
efficiently through, and with other people.
, What is scientific management? Answer - The use of the scientific method to
determine the "one best way" to perform a job or task
Frederick Taylor Answer - "The Father of Scientific Management"
-wrote the first management textbook
Frank and Lilian Gilbreth Answer - Used scientific management:
-motion studies
-Brick laying example
What is the Legacy of Scientific Management? Answer - -Fast efficient
assembly lines
-techniques used from fast food to surgery
-job design, selection, training
During the 1920's and 1930's... Answer - Management is dominated by
"efficiency experts" concentrating on efficiency and productivity above all else
What do you see as some of the problems with this approach to management?
Answer - Emphasis on productivity and profitability resulted in unhappy
workers, labor unions and strikes
Bureaucracy Answer - An organization design marked by specialization,
division of labor, authority hierarchies and formal rules and procedures
Max Weber Answer - Observed that the bureaucracy was the dominant
organization type because it was the most efficient
AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Organization Answer - A systematic arrangement of people to accomplish
some specific purpose
Why do we have organizations? Answer - -efficiency; to accomplish specific
objectives
-serve society
-provide careers
How do organizations accomplish their objectives? Answer - -Basic framework
of management
-Decision Making
Basic Framework of Management Answer - -Planning
-Organizing
-Leading
-Controlling
Management Answer - The process of achieving goals, effectively and
efficiently through, and with other people.
, What is scientific management? Answer - The use of the scientific method to
determine the "one best way" to perform a job or task
Frederick Taylor Answer - "The Father of Scientific Management"
-wrote the first management textbook
Frank and Lilian Gilbreth Answer - Used scientific management:
-motion studies
-Brick laying example
What is the Legacy of Scientific Management? Answer - -Fast efficient
assembly lines
-techniques used from fast food to surgery
-job design, selection, training
During the 1920's and 1930's... Answer - Management is dominated by
"efficiency experts" concentrating on efficiency and productivity above all else
What do you see as some of the problems with this approach to management?
Answer - Emphasis on productivity and profitability resulted in unhappy
workers, labor unions and strikes
Bureaucracy Answer - An organization design marked by specialization,
division of labor, authority hierarchies and formal rules and procedures
Max Weber Answer - Observed that the bureaucracy was the dominant
organization type because it was the most efficient
