According to the Principles of Scientific Management, the Best Way

question 350

Multiple Choice

According to the principles of scientific management, the best way to improve productivity is to

• A) give employees greater recognition for their efforts.
• B) establish open two-way communications among all of the organization's employees and managers.
• C) use time-motion studies to find the best method of doing each job, then teach those methods to employees.
• D) use job rotation and job enlargement to make work more interesting and challenging.

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