If Companies Follow the Theories of Fayol and Weber, Which

question 68

Multiple Choice

If companies follow the theories of Fayol and Weber, which of the following scenarios is likely to result?

• A) Organization design will benefit by the emergence of quick decision making.
• B) Organization design will eliminate systems of hierarchy and chains of command due to their hindrance of esprit de corps.
• C) Organizations that grow will develop several layers of management and the time that it takes to make and carry out a decision will increase.
• D) There will be a significant reduction of workforce due to specialization and departmentalization.

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Definitions:

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, particularly with the conditioned response of salivation in dogs.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus due to repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior conditioning.

Rescorla-Wagner

A model proposing that the strength of a conditioned response depends on the unexpectedness of the unconditioned stimulus.