Mateo, an IT manager, has been studying the actions that his workers perform in an attempt to improve their productivity. Mateo is utilizing
A. synergy.
B. management science.
C. behaviorism.
D. the Hawthorne effect.
E. scientific management.
E. scientific management.
Scientific management emphasizes the scientific study of work methods to improve the productivity of individual workers.
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