Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. The central assumption in classical management is that people are self-interested. 
2. Peter was having a hard time concentrating on work on Friday afternoon. He had friends visiting for the weekend and he kept checking his phone and his Facebook page to solidify his plans. He certainly wasn't working as hard as he could have been, something that scientific management theorist Frederick Taylor would have called "soldiering." 
3. Motion studies were used to assess and improve efficiency as part of the classical viewpoint
4. As part of the scientific management viewpoint, Taylor suggested paying all employees doing the same job the same wage. 

Answer 1

1. FALSE
In general, classical management assumes that people are rational.
2. TRUE
Frederick Taylor called deliberately working at less than full capacity soldiering.
3. TRUE
Frederick Taylor based his scientific management system (part of the classical viewpoint) on motion studies, in which he broke down each worker's job into basic physical motions and then trained workers to use the methods of their best-performing coworkers.
4. FALSE
Taylor suggested employers institute a differential rate system, in which more efficient workers earned higher wages.