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The quantitative approach to management evolved out of mathematical methods of solving military problems.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The behavioral approach to management began in the 1960s with organizational behavior (OB).
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


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Answer to Question 1

Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The quantitative method came out of the statistical and mathematical problem-solving techniques that were used to solve problems in the military during World War II.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Behavioral ideas reach all the way back to the late eighteenth century with Robert Owen and others.



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