To Meet Consumer Demand, a Company Began to Mass Produce

question 26

Multiple Choice

To meet consumer demand, a company began to mass produce chickens of a standard size and then slaughter them, process them, and package them. First, the industry had to adopt most features of assembly line production. What term best identifies the creation of chicken factories?

• A) Fordism
• B) Taylorism
• C) scientific management
• D) rationalization

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