Author Question: What was scientific management?In what ways did presidents attempt to apply its principles? Provide ... (Read 72 times)

Kikoku · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

What was scientific management?In what ways did presidents attempt to apply its principles? Provide specific examples.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Prior to the implementation of the federal income tax, what was the primary source of revenue for the federal government?

A)property taxes
B)luxury taxes
C)trade tariffs
D)excise fees

Expo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The ideal answer should:
a. Define scientific management as a body of knowledge that guided reforms meant to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of governing institutions.
b. Discuss how the principles of scientific management were a key factor in Franklin Roosevelt's efforts to engineer a new American state in light of the extreme threats presented to the American social and economic order.
c. Explain how Roosevelt's efforts to reorganize the federal bureaucracy elevated the institution of the presidency.
d. Demonstrate the effects of the ideas of scientific management as they were manifested in the efforts of the Brownlow Committee to reorganize and empower the American presidency, including the creation of the EOP and the passage of the Executive Reorganization Act of 1939.

Answer to Question 2

C