Why Was Scientific Management a Logical Evolution from the Master-Servant

question 16

Multiple Choice

Why was scientific management a logical evolution from the master-servant model of management?

• A) large numbers of factory employees were more difficult to manage
• B) Frederick Taylor's theory built on earlier management theories
• C) simple tasks of an earlier time gave way to more complex jobs
• D) time-motion studies had not yet been invented

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Definitions:

Internal Causes

Refer to factors within a person that influence their behavior, thoughts, or emotions, such as personality traits or personal values.

In-group Homogeneity

The perception that members of one's own group are more similar to each other than to those of out-groups, often leading to stereotyping.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a statistical distribution or set differ from each other and from their average value.

Out-group

A group to which an individual does not belong, often perceived as fundamentally different or in opposition to the in-group.