The Hawthorne Studies Shifted the Attention of Managers and Scholars

question 218

Multiple Choice

The Hawthorne studies shifted the attention of managers and scholars away from the technical and structural concerns emphasized by the classical management approach and toward ___.

• A) a more scientific approach to management
• B) in?depth studies of actual case histories and individual experiences
• C) the use of computers to deal with more complex mathematical models
• D) the study of social and human concerns as keys to productivity
• E) a Theory X approach to management science

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Definitions:

Periodic Inventory System

A method of inventory valuation where updates to inventory levels and cost of goods sold are made periodically at the end of an accounting period, rather than after each sale or purchase.

LIFO Method

An inventory valuation method that assumes the last items placed in inventory are the first sold during an accounting year.

Cost of Goods Sold

The direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company, including materials, labor, and overhead.

Weighted-Average

A calculation that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in a data set, giving more weight to some numbers than others.