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This and That
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This revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the 18th and 19th centuries:
What is the Industrial Revolution
100
This fast-food giant mentioned in the book has had huge success using the mechanistic model:
What is McDonalds
100
This principle of fast-food restaurants become well known for their emphasis on ruthless efficiency, quantification, predictability, control, and deskilled jobs:
What is McDonaldization
100
The work on this "line" is boring and alienating, with workers sometimes asked to perform work involving several separate operations every 40-50 seconds, 8 hours a day, 50 weeks a year:
What is an Assembly Line
100
These images only create partial ways of "seeing" - for encouraging us to see and understand the world from one perspective - they discourage us from "seeing" others:
What is Metaphors
200
Frederick the Great made reforms of ranks and uniforms, extension of standardization of regulations, increased specialization of tasks, and created a command language for this group of people:
What is an Army or Military
200
This type organization is designed and operated like a machine that emphasizes precision, speed, clarity, regularity, reliability, and efficiency through a fixed division of tasks, hierarchical supervision, and detailed rules:
What is a bureaucracy
200
This management THEORY focuses on design of the total organization through a process of planning, organizing, command, coordination, and control and set the basis for modern management techniques like MBO's:
What is Classical Management Theory
200
He established the first assembly-line:
Who is Henry Ford
200
This "ism" is named after the pioneer of scientific theory:
What is Taylorism
300
This Scottish economist praised division of labor in his book "The Wealth of Nations":
Who is Adam Smith
300
In 1801, Eli Whitney gave a demonstration of THIS illustrating how guns could be assembled from interchangeable parts:
What is mass production
300
In this THEORY, manager do all the thinking relating to planning and design of work, leaving workers with the task of implementation in a precise way; selects the best person to the task, and monitors worker performance to ensure procedures are followed:
What is Scientific Management Theory
300
Ford established his first assembly line to produce THIS:
What is the Model-T
300
We have learned to use THIS as a metaphor for ourselves and our society and to "mold" our world in accordance with mechanical principles:
What is Machines
400
The word "organization" derives from the Greek organon meaning:
What is a tool or instrument
400
The Classical Management theorists have been criticized for their main orientation of making THIS fit the requirements of mechanical organization:
What are humans
400
This "enemy of the working man" was an American engineer who pioneered scientific management theory:
Who is Frederick Taylor
400
During the 1960's, this company increased their output from 60 to 100 cars per hour at their Lordstown plant by increasing the speed of the assembly line:
What is General Motors or GM
400
Henri Fayol, F.W. Mooney, Colonel Lyndall Urwick were all these TYPE of theorists:
What is Classical
500
This German sociologist gave us our first comprehensive definition of bureaucracy and pointed out its potential of eroding human spirit and eliminating spontaneous action:
Who is Max Weber
500
This principle practiced in the Classical Management Theory is a line of authority from superior to subordinate is a kind of "Top-Down" chain. One man, one boss:
What is the Scalar Chain
500
Taylor supported the use of THIS STUDY as a means of analyzing and standardizing work activities:
What is Time-and-Motion Study
500
Ford's assembly line resulted in employee rising 380% until he introduced his famous "how much" a day wages:
What is $5.00
500
This principle of Classical Management Theory "facilitates harmony as a basis of strength"
What is Esprit de Corps