A Look Back (Scenario)

question 54

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A Look Back (Scenario)
Nadia, tired from working with customers all day, decided to take a 15-minute nap. She needed to clear her head before the 4:15 p.m. managers meeting. Her company had recently begun a re engineering process. They were going through many changes that required extensive management input. As she leaned back in her chair, Nadia wondered if management processes had always been this way. She fell asleep and dreamed that she was travelling in a time machine with "Mr. Management" as her guide. Mr. Management took Nadia back through management history.
-Nadia visited a bookstore that was holding a book signing. She saw that the title of the book was Principles of Scientific Management, which had just been published. Nadia concluded that the time period must be ________.

• A) late 1800s
• B) early 1900s
• C) early 1800s
• D) mid 1900s

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