Test Bank For M Management 3rd Edition by Bateman

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1. In the context of the origins of management, Wu Qi, a Chinese general, discussed the importance of planning and leading in his book The Art of War.
   True False
2. Around AD 1436, the Sumerians standardized production through the use of an assembly line, building warehouses and using an inventory system to monitor the contents.
   True False
3. In the context of the origins of management, throughout history, most managers operated by a trial-and- error basis.

   True False

4. In the context of the origins of management, the emergence of the Hawthorne Effect drove managers to strive for further growth.
   True False
5. The opportunities for mass production created by the industrial revolution spawned intense and systematic thought about management problems and issues.
   True False
6. Toward the end of the industrial revolution, bureaucracy emerged as a formal discipline. True False
7. The evolution of management thought is divided into two major sections: classical approaches and contemporary approaches.
   True False
8. In the context of the classical approaches to management, the systematic management approach led to widespread production efficiency.
   True False
9. Scientific management emphasized internal operations because managers were concerned primarily with meeting the explosive growth in demand brought about by the industrial revolution.
   True False
10. Adam Smith introduced the scientific management approach in response to the failure of systematic management to bring about widespread production efficiency.
    True False