When Bob First Started His Moving Company, He Noticed a Significant

question 29

Multiple Choice

When Bob first started his moving company, he noticed a significant amount of miles being put on the vehicles. He also noticed that drivers were submitting an excessive amount of reimbursement receipts for gas. He also heard rumors that employees were using the company vehicles to do side jobs and were getting paid under the table. Bob put tracking devices on the fleet of vehicles and began requiring employees to utilize a company gas card instead of submitting gas expense reports. Bob's actions are ______.

• A) closely connected to the Fordist ideology of not giving employees too much freedom
• B) an outgrowth of the need for connectivity to workers who spend more hours out of the office
• C) a testament to how difficult it is to operate a small business without using technology
• D) indicative of the changing landscape in which management must monitor employee's behavior and productivity.

Understand the concept of the means-ends chain in goal setting and planning.

Comprehend the applicability of performance objectives in both quantifiable and non-quantifiable job aspects.

Understand the principles and processes involved in Management by Objectives (MBO).

Know the benefits of participatory planning in the organizational context.

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Definitions:

Preoperational Thought

Preoperational thought is a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children ages 2 to 7 have not yet developed the ability to think logically.

Zone of Proximal Development

A concept in education and cognitive psychology referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.

Scaffolding

An educational approach where a more knowledgeable person provides support and gradually removes it as the learner becomes more competent.

Preoperational Thought

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children from about 2 to 7 years think symbolically but are not yet able to use logical operations.