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1) People value history because it can help put events that are taking place today into
perspective.
Answer: TRUE
) The Egyptian pyra!ids are an e"a!ple o# a pro$ect that was co!pleted without the aid o#
!anagers.
Answer: %A&'E
() The )ndustrial Revolution !arked the birth o# !anage!ent.
Answer: %A&'E
*) Ada! '!ith argued that division o# labor increased productivity.
Answer: TRUE
+) The division o# labor is also re#erred to by the ter! job specification.
Answer: %A&'E
,) %actories in the )ndustrial Revolution needed to #orecast de!and to !ake sure that workers
were paid #airly.
Answer: %A&'E
-) The )ndustrial Revolution began in the seventeenth century.
Answer: %A&'E
.) The year 1--, is an i!portant date in the history o# !anage!ent because it saw the birth o#
the world/s #irst de!ocratic republic.
Answer: %A&'E
0) 1ob speciali2ation continues to be a popular way to increase productivity today.
Answer: TRUE
13) 4lassical approaches to !anage!ent include the work o# Taylor5 %ayol5 and 6eber.
Answer: TRUE
11) 7E!ployee !otivation7 is the phrase !ost associated with scienti#ic !anage!ent.
Answer: %A&'E
1) %rank and &illian 8ilbreth got their ideas #or !anage!ent #ro! the book Cheaper by the
Dozen.
Answer: %A&'E
1() The pri!ary issue that !otivated Taylor to create a !ore scienti#ic approach to !anage!ent
was worker satis#action.
Answer: %A&'E
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1*) Taylor was the originator o# the concept o# scienti#ic !anage!ent.
Answer: TRUE
1+) %rank and &illian 8ilbreth/s best:known contribution to scienti#ic !anage!ent concerned
selecting the best worker #or a particular $ob.
Answer: %A&'E
1,) ;enri %ayol and the %rederick 6. Taylor learned about !anage!ent #ro! studying actual
!anagers at work.
Answer: %A&'E
1-) ;enry 8antt/s contribution to !anage!ent theory was to develop e##icient ways to schedule.
Answer: TRUE
1.) ;enri %ayol and <a" 6eber developed the idea o# the #ive basic !anage!ent #unctions.
Answer: %A&'E
10) =oth ;enri %ayol and Ada! '!ith saw division o# work as an i!portant principle o#
!anage!ent
Answer: TRUE
3) %ayol #eels that !anagers should be given authority over workers5 but not the ability to give
orders.
Answer: %A&'E
1) Unity o# co!!and !eans that all e!ployees should answer to only one superior.
Answer: TRUE
) A highly centrali2ed organi2ation is one in which subordinates are given a lot o# opportunity
to !ake decisions.
Answer: %A&'E
() %ayol thought that allowing e!ployees to originate their own plans would increase
!otivation.
Answer: TRUE
*) The idea o# e!ployees being paid a #air wage #or their services did not e!erge until the
10,3s.
Answer: %A&'E
+) The behavioral approach to !anage!ent #ocuses on !otivating workers to work
productively.
Answer: TRUE
,) The behavioral approach to !anage!ent began in the 10,3s with organi2ational behavior
>?=).
Answer: %A&'E
-) Robert ?wen was greatly concerned with how workers were treated in #actories o# the