Scientific Management — core idea?
One best way to perform tasks.
Bureaucracy Theory — developed by?
Max Weber in 1922.
Administrative Principles — focus?
Organizing and managing effectively.
Neo-Classical Approach — emergence?
Due to limitations of classical theories.
Hawthorne Experiments — main finding?
Social and psychological factors influence productivity.
Human Relations Theory — key concept?
Workers motivated by social needs.
Hierarchy of Needs — highest level?
Self-actualization.
Motivation Factors — Herzberg's theory?
Achievement, recognition, work itself.
Theory X and Y — assumptions?
X: Lazy, Y: Motivated and responsible.
Organizational Behavior — study?
Attitudes, behavior, and performance in organizations.
Taylor’s scientific management — goal?
Maximize efficiency, find best work methods.
Weber’s bureaucracy — characteristic?
Hierarchy, written rules, impersonality.
Fayol’s division of labor — purpose?
Increase efficiency and clarity.
Neo-classical approach — influenced by?
Hawthorne experiments and social factors.
Hawthorne experiments — led by?
Mayo, Roethlisberger, Dickson.
Human Relations Theory — emphasizes?
Social relationships and group norms.
Maslow’s needs — order?
Physiological, Safety, Love, Esteem, Self-actualization.
Herzberg’s motivators?
Achievement, recognition, work itself.
McGregor’s assumptions?
X: Lazy, Y: Responsible and motivated.
Organizational Behavior — integrates?
Psychology, sociology, anthropology.
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1. What is Scientific Management primarily considered to be?
2. Who developed the concept of bureaucracy as a rational organizational form and in which year?
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