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jasdeep_brar

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on: Jul 6, 2018
The Industrial Revolution marked the birth of management.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published 100 years before the Declaration of Independence of the United States in 1776.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Reply #1 on: Jul 6, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: As evidenced by Egypt's pyramids and the assembly lines of Venice, management was around long before the Industrial Revolution, so this statement is false.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: These events happened the same year. 1776 is important in management history because it was the year Adam Smith's groundbreaking book, Wealth of Nations, appeared.


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