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A Look Back (Scenario)

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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 ________.

Definitions:

Functionalist

The functionalist perspective views society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.

Cohesion

The act of forming a unified whole, often used to describe the sense of solidarity and togetherness among members of a group or community.

Feudal Societies

Societal structures in medieval Europe where the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obligated to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce.

Estate System

A form of social stratification where rights and duties are ascribed based on hereditary nobility, clergy, and commoners, often related to feudalism.