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

Question

1. Joe, a plant manager, wants to institute a compensation system in which more efficient workers earn higher wages. Joe is proposing to institute a differential rate system.
2. The Hawthorne studies succeeded in drawing attention to the importance of "social man" and how managers using good human relations could improve worker productivity.
3. Olde Manufacturing, a parts supplier to the auto industry, has been using the behavioral approach to management for over 100 years. However, since that method of management is too simplistic for practical use, Olde should begin implementing the newer and more sophisticated human relations movement approach to management, which is the most contemporary approach to management.
4. Behavioral science relies on data from past sales to forecast human behavior to develop strategic plans and goals.
5. When the Americans entered World War II in 1941, they used the British model to form operations research teams to determine how to deploy troops, submarines, and equipment most effectively. These techniques have evolved into quantitative management.

Answer 1

1. FALSE
Frederick Taylor suggested employers institute a differential rate system, in which more efficient workers earn higher wages.
2. TRUE
The Hawthorne studies succeeded in drawing attention to the importance of "social man" (social beings) and how managers using good human relations could improve worker productivity. This in turn led to the so-called human relations movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
3. FALSE
The human relations movement was a necessary correction to the sterile approach used within scientific management, but its optimism came to be considered too simplistic for practical use. More recently, the human relations view has been superseded by the behavioral science approach to management.
4. FALSE
Behavioral science relies on scientific research for developing theories about human behavior that can be used to provide practical tools for managers. The disciplines of behavioral science include psychology, sociology, anthropology, and economics.
5. TRUE
When the Americans entered the war in 1941, they used a successful statistical British model to form operations research (OR) teams to determine how to deploy troops, submarines, and other military personnel and equipment most effectively. OR techniques have since evolved into quantitative management.