This theorist is known as the "father of Scientific Management."
Who is Frederick Winslow Taylor
100
This theory finds its basis in strict hierarchical design, efficiency of process and production, specific division of labor, and control mechanism.
What is "classical theory"
100
What are the foundational concepts that should be integrated within all public administrative work?
What is "Pillars of Administration"
100
In what work does Henri Fayol present his 14 principles of administration?
What is "General and Industrial Management"
100
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"
200
This theorist states, "A formal organization is a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons.
Who is Chester Bernard
200
One of the key concepts of Human Relations Theory was proposed by Chris Argyris and is defined in part as "learning which is concerned with the surfacing and resolution of conflict rather than with its suppression
What is "double loop learning"
200
Name three ways government is different from private organizations.
What is "budgeting, representation, service provision"
200
In this 1959 work, Charles Lindblom outlines two approaches to policy making: rational-comprehensive method and the incremental method.
What is "The Science of Muddling Through"
200
In what theoretical domain is Frederick Taylor most relevant?
What is "Classical Org Theory domain"
300
This theorist created the "proverbs of administration" to expose common misunderstandings about the universal understandings of organization and management.
Who is Herbert Simon
300
This theory owes a considerable debt to structural/functionalists and is, at its base level, concerned with social systems conceived as a whole
What is Systems Theory
300
What kind of "man" takes in all the complexities, possible alternatives, and possible consequences of a situation when making a decision?
What is a "rational man"
300
What work by Luther Gulick first presented the acronym, POSDCORB?
What is "Notes on the Theory of Organization"
300
This domain's perspective regards instrumental rationality as the essence of that part of human organizing known as administration.
What is "Neo-Classical"
400
This theorist called for "power with" as opposed to "power over" workers.
Who is Mary Parker Follett
400
What theory emphasizes the tenets of the Classical Theory domain but considers a different approach that includes human capital
What is Neo-Classical Theory
400
What kind of organizations, does Barnard say, comprise the "consciously coordinated" activities of people?
What are formal organizations
400
In which work did Max Weber discuss the difference between politics and administration and how public work should be a "calling."
What is "Politics as a Vocation"
400
This theoretical domain grew out of a suspicion that organizations could not be totally built along lines of efficiency.
What is "Human Relations Theory"
500
This theorist argued that "rational-man" theorists like Simon exclude important variables about organizational settings and thus cannot make adequate predictions about organizational events.
Who is Chris Argyris
500
These two theories proposed by Mc Gregor embody "management by control" and "management by objectives".
What is "Theory X and Y"
500
What kind of rationality includes in its definition, action which is rational only to the extent that it effectively accomplishes predefined goals.
What is "instrumental rationality"
500
In response to authors like Frederick Taylor, this 1937 book was the first to discuss the processes of coordination and decision making which the author found to be central to understanding organizational life
What is "The functions of the executive"
500
This theoretical domain was the first to provide a view of organizations which takes into account interactive environments dynamic relationships.