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RRMR

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What is the underlying premise of scientific management?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is NOT a value set of a successful organization with a strong culture?
 
  A) Its values promote a bias for action.
  B) Its values preserve the status quo.
  C) Its values stem from the nature of its organizational mission.
  D) Its organizational design motivates employees to do their best.



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Answer to Question 1

Frederick Taylor studied the individual movements of laborers performing different jobs, searching for ways to do them that resulted in the fewest wasted movements. Scientific management, therefore, emphasized the importance of designing jobs as efficiently as possible.

Answer to Question 2

B



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