It Was More Than a Century Ago That an Engineer

question 108

Multiple Choice

It was more than a century ago that an engineer named Frederick Taylor walked into factories and starting timing workers with a stop watch. He dissected their movements, and organized them more efficiently. He turned factory production into a science. Suppose work was completed in the factory based on what the floor manager decided and workers were paid a flat daily wage. How does this firm organize production?

• A) through the incentive system
• B) through the command system
• C) through a mixed command and incentive system
• D) through the market system

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Definitions:

Expected Payoff

The anticipated return of an investment or decision under uncertainty, calculated as a weighted average of all possible outcomes.

Posterior Probabilities

The probabilities of different possible outcomes or hypotheses being true after considering new evidence, rephrasing the concept in a broader context.

Prior Probabilities

The probabilities assigned to events before any new evidence is considered, often used in Bayesian analysis.

Expected Monetary Value

A calculated average of possible outcomes, where each outcome is weighted by its probability of occurrence and its monetary impact.