The basic tenets of this theoretical domain are rooted in the industrial revolution of the 1700s and the professions of industrial engineering and economics.
What is Classical Organization Theory.
100
This theorist developed a theory of management based on scientific inquiry and efficiency measures.
Who is Frederick Winslow Taylor.
100
This 1937 work was a result of the Brownlow Commission study.
What are "Papers on the Science of Administration."
100
These two theories proposed by McGreagor embody "management by control" and "management by objective".
What is Theory X and Theory Y.
100
This is a conceptual by-product of bureaucracy as proposed by Max Weber.
What is Red Tape.
200
This theory domain takes into consideration, the individuals' role in the organizational environment.
What is Human Relations.
200
This theorist was a psychologist who worked directly with the Hawthorne Experiments.
Who is Elton Mayo.
200
This article laid out Herbert Simon's argument against the "Rational Man."
What is "The Proverbs of Public Administration."
200
This concept was refuted by Herbert Simon in his theory of bounded rationality.
What is "The Rational Man."
200
POSDCORB was used by what American President to enhance the strength of the Executive Office.
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
300
What theory seeks to identify the "strange attractor".
What is Chaos Theory.
300
This theorist coined the term, "muddling through."
Who is Charles Lindblom.
300
What theorist is responsible for the article, "Bureaucratic Structure and Personality".
Who is Robert Merton.
300
What is it called when a worker deliberately restricts output.
What is Soldiering.
300
This set of studies was part of Scientific Management and changed the nature of administration.
What are Time-Motion Studies.
400
What principle states that "maximization is the goal of administrative activity."
What is Efficiency.
400
This theorist proposed the aphorism, "public and private management are fundamentally alike in all unimportant respects...".
Who is Wallace Sayer.
400
In this 1959 work, Charles Lindblom outlines 2 approaches to policy making: rational-comprehensive method and the incremental method.
What is "The Science of Muddling Through."
400
The Hawthorne Experiments shifted the focus of research from the work environment to what.
What is Employee Morale.
400
What kind of management helps us deal with issues of equilibrium and stabilization.
What is Enlightened Management.
500
What are Weber's four orientations of social action.
What are traditional, affectual, value-rational, and instrumentally-rational.
500
Which theorist's goal was to develop a theory of society which aimed at the self-emancipation of people from domination (and create the ideal speech situation).
Who is Habermas.
500
Who wrote the essay entitled, "Foundations of the Theory of Organization" in 1948.
Who is Phillip Selznick.
500
Chris Argyris' theory of organizational learning proposes that discrepancies exist between what a person believes and what he does. Name the two theories.
What are Espoused Theory and Theories in Use.
500
According to Gulick and other noted theorists of his era, where does government derive its "purpose" from.
What is the Constitution or constitutionality established forms of political leadership.