The Human Side (Scenario)As an engineer, Kevin was trained to ...

[Marty]

The Human Side (Scenario)
As an engineer, Kevin was trained to understand the roles of machinery and hardware in enhancing organizational productivity. However, Kevin was promoted to a managerial position where his duties included supervising a department of 30 people and leading them toward completion of a new project. Ever the perfectionist, Kevin decided to enhance his understanding of the human side of business management by reading a history book on the organizational behaviour approach.


Kevin read that ________ was an early social reformer who was concerned about deplorable working conditions and proposed an idealistic workplace.
◦ Mary Parker Follett
◦ Hugo Munsterberg
◦ Robert Owen
◦ Max Weber
◦ Chester Barnard

[jjorrostieta]

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The Human Side (Scenario)
As an engineer, Kevin was trained to understand the roles of machinery and hardware in enhancing organizational productivity. However, Kevin was promoted to a managerial position where his duties included supervising a department of 30 people and leading them toward completion of a new project. Ever the perfectionist, Kevin decided to enhance his understanding of the human side of business management by reading a history book on the organizational behaviour approach.


Kevin also expanded his reading list to include works authored by ________, the creator of the field of industrial psychology.
◦ Robert Owen
◦ Hugo Munsterberg
◦ Mary Parker Follett
◦ Frederick Taylor
◦ Chester Barnard

[Mollythedog]

Hugo Munsterberg

[eruditmonkey@yahoo.com]

The Human Side (Scenario)
As an engineer, Kevin was trained to understand the roles of machinery and hardware in enhancing organizational productivity. However, Kevin was promoted to a managerial position where his duties included supervising a department of 30 people and leading them toward completion of a new project. Ever the perfectionist, Kevin decided to enhance his understanding of the human side of business management by reading a history book on the organizational behaviour approach.


Kevin was surprised to learn that using group-based projects was not a contemporary concept. In fact, ________ was an early 1900s social philosopher who thought that organizations should be based on group ethics.
◦ Mary Parker Follett
◦ Chester Barnard
◦ Henri Fayol
◦ Robert Owen
◦ Hugo Munsterberg

[joanwhite]

Mary Parker Follett

[EAugust]

The Human Side (Scenario)
As an engineer, Kevin was trained to understand the roles of machinery and hardware in enhancing organizational productivity. However, Kevin was promoted to a managerial position where his duties included supervising a department of 30 people and leading them toward completion of a new project. Ever the perfectionist, Kevin decided to enhance his understanding of the human side of business management by reading a history book on the organizational behaviour approach.


Kevin also learned that the systems approach was not new. In fact, ________ first argued that organizations were open systems in the 1930s.
◦ Elton Mayo
◦ Mary Parker Follett
◦ Robert Owen
◦ Chester Barnard
◦ Hugo Munsterberg

[TDubDCFL]

Chester Barnard

[sarasara]

The Human Side (Scenario)
As an engineer, Kevin was trained to understand the roles of machinery and hardware in enhancing organizational productivity. However, Kevin was promoted to a managerial position where his duties included supervising a department of 30 people and leading them toward completion of a new project. Ever the perfectionist, Kevin decided to enhance his understanding of the human side of business management by reading a history book on the organizational behaviour approach.


Kevin also learned that the most important contribution to the field of organizational behaviour came out of a series of studies conducted at the Western Electric Company by Harvard professor ________.
◦ Robert Owen
◦ Hugo Munsterberg
◦ Chester Barnard
◦ Mary Parker Follett
◦ Elton Mayo

[deja]

Elton Mayo