Prior to the Hawthorne Studies, Managers Paid Little Attention to the Role

question 113

Multiple Choice

Prior to the Hawthorne studies, managers paid little attention to the role of ________ in making decisions.

• A)productivity
• B)human behavior
• C)efficiency
• D)cost control

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Definitions:

Cooperation

The process of groups or individuals working together towards a common goal or benefit.

Competition

The activity or condition of striving against others for the purpose of achieving a goal, victory, or superiority in a field.

Self-Serving Attributions

A common tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to internal factors while attributing failures to external factors.

Moral Dilemmas

Moral dilemmas are situations in which an individual faces a choice between two or more morally conflicting courses of action, with no clear right or wrong answers.