WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES OF FREDERICK TAYLOR’S SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT?

20 May WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES OF FREDERICK TAYLOR’S SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT?

According to Blake and
Mouton, the two most common barriers to organizational effectiveness are:

Untrained
managers and poor employee attitudes

Employee
attitudes and poorly defined goals

Communication
problems and a lack of planning

Organization
change and development

2 points

QUESTION 2

1. Which of the following
researchers developed a managerial grid that built upon the research that
determined leadership’s two primary functions are the initiation of structure
and consideration?

Blake
and Mouton

Likert

Fleishman

French
and Bell

2 points

QUESTION 3

1. The approach to
organization change known as organization development (OD) combines:

Scientific
management with industrial psychology

Scientific
management with sociotechnical systems

The
managerial grid and sociotechnical systems

Applied
behavioral science and action research

2 points

QUESTION 4

1. Which of the following is
the metaphorical term that best describes how Frederick Taylor and his contemporaries
viewed organizations?

A
brain

A
psychic prison

A
machine

None
of the above

2 points

QUESTION 5

1. The merging of the
University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology’s Research Center for Group Dynamics resulted in:

The
first sensitivity training program in the U.S.

The
first center devoted entirely to leadership development and training

The
Hawthorne studies

The
organizational survey feedback method

2 points

QUESTION 6

1.
Which of the following were contextual
influences of Frederick Taylor’s scientific management?

The
Industrial Revolution

The
growth of manufacturing organizations

The
disciplines of economics and engineering

All
of the above

2 points

QUESTION 7

1. Which of the following
researchers determined that leadership’s two primary functions are the
initiation of structure and consideration?

Blake
and Mouton

Likert

Fleishman

French
and Bell

2 points

QUESTION 8

1. James O. McKinsey is
known for:

Writing
the first book about organization management

His
research contributions to organization change

Establishing the first professional service
firm devoted to management consulting in the U.S.

His research contributions to leadership
development and effectiveness

2 points

QUESTION 9

1. Coercion and
confrontation are:

Irrelevant
to insights into bringing about organization change

Recommended
methods for disenfranchised groups to bring about organization change

Recommended
methods for management to use to bring about organization change

None
of the above

2 points

QUESTION 10

1. Sensitivity training:

Is another term for T-groups and laboratory
training

Is
another term for T-groups but not laboratory training

Is
another term for laboratory training but not T-groups

None
of the above

2 points

QUESTION 11

1. The roots of management
consulting started with

Frederick Taylor

Ronald
Lippitt

Robert
Blake

James
O. McKinsey

2 points

QUESTION 12

1. Organization surveys can
be used to:

Organizational
diagnosis

Assess
employees’ perceptions