Reference no: EM131400227
The year is 1910, and Madame Patricia (Trish) LaBella, a prominent New York hostess, is having a dinner party. Madame LaBella’s husband, W.B. LaBella, is a distinguished industrialist who owns several large bicycle factories. W.B. prides himself on his fine product, but he faces fierce competition, both from Raleigh (an English bicycle company) and from the new automobiles that are starting to appear on the roads.
Last week, W.B. said to Trish, “I just don’t know what I’m going to do, my dear. Costs keep going up, and I have to find some way to encourage my workers to produce more.” Wanting to help her husband, Madame LaBella invited the most influential management thinkers of her day to gather at her table and discuss whether W.B. would benefit from using scientific management, bureaucratic management, or administrative principles in his factories.
Which management perspective was shared by all in attendance at the dinner?
a) Humanistic management perspective
b) Management science perspective
c) Total quality perspective
d) Classical management perspective
Which of the management theorists attending the dinner developed the idea that there are five functions of management: planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling?
a) Chester Barnard
b) Henry Gantt
c) Henri Fayol
d) Mary Parker Follett
|
Discuss the relationship between strategy and structure
: Discuss the relationship between strategy, structure, and organizational decision making across any two countries cultures of your choice. Why is it important for global managers to understand such relationships? Support your answer with appropriate ..
|
|
Information systems literacy and computer literacy
: Distinguish between data and information and between information systems literacy and computer literacy. How is information systems transforming business, and what kind of career opportunities exist in relatively new field ?
|
|
As part of being credible activist
: As part of being a Credible Activist, there are four factors identified; They are, earning trust through results, influencing and relating to others, improving through self-awareness and shaping the HR profession. Pick one that you have identified as..
|
|
Describes the attitudes of an old-style manager
: Which of the following statements best describes the attitudes of an old-style manager?
|
|
Functions of management-planning-organizing-commanding
: The year is 1910, and Madame Patricia (Trish) LaBella, a prominent New York hostess, is having a dinner party. Madame LaBella’s husband, W.B. LaBella, is a distinguished industrialist who owns several large bicycle factories. Which of the management ..
|
|
Discuss how synergy improves decision making
: Discuss how synergy improves decision making. If this synergy would lead your team in an unethical direction, what would you do as a supervisor? What are tangiable resources and how do they compare to intangiable reseources? What are some institution..
|
|
Guitar fabrication shop produces low? cost
: Mack's guitar fabrication shop produces low? cost, highly durable guitars for beginners.? Typically, out of the 100 guitars that begin production each? month, only 82 percent are considered good enough to sell. The labor productivity ratio for? Mack'..
|
|
What does it mean to create a signature experience
: Reflect on the Harvard Business School reading and podcast What it Means to Work Here, (found in your coursepak) as well as the examples provided in the article Culture Drives Employment Brand. What does it mean to create a “signature experience”?
|