The Process of Making a McDonald's Cheeseburger Has Been "Perfected

question 38

Multiple Choice

The process of making a McDonald's cheeseburger has been "perfected" over time to be extremely efficient;in fact,there's a 700-page manual that explains how this is done.What concept most aptly identifies this process?

• A)Taylor's "One Best Way"
• B)Taylor's "Worker Satisfaction"
• C)The Gilbreths' "Time and Motion"
• D)Weber's "Iron Cage of Bureaucracy"

Understand the advantages of forming teams or firms in terms of synergies, economies of scale, and contracting efficiencies.

Analyze the efficiency of various cost control strategies in organizational settings.

Understand the concepts of decision rights allocation and its importance for management efficiency.

Analyze the value of empowering employees and decentralizing decision-making in enhancing firm performance.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Speech

The verbal expression of thoughts, feelings, or information, utilizing language’s sound patterns to communicate with others.

Freudian Theory

A set of psychoanalytic concepts developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts as the basis of human behavior.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that acts as the moral center, enforcing ethical conduct and suppressing unacceptable desires.