What Might Today's Managers Learn from Studying the Management History

question 69

Multiple Choice

What might today's managers learn from studying the management history of the 1930s?

• A)You can get more and better work from people through negative,rather than positive reinforcement.
• B)It's a good idea to hire criminals and ex- prizefighters if you want to keep your plant union- free.
• C)Enlightened management practice is all very well in good times,but a luxury you can afford to dispense with when times get tough.
• D)You can get away with anything,indefinitely,if people are desperate enough for a job.
• E)Reversion to coercive drive management is likely to result in increased conflict and more frequent unionization drives.

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Definitions:

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Volume

A section of a storage device that receives a drive letter and to which data can be written.