alleryStart learning →The classical era of management, which ran from about 1900 to the mid-1930s, is most associated with which figure?
AFrederick W. Taylor
BAbraham Maslow
CDouglas McGregor
DWilliam Ouchi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Frederick W. Taylor
1. The classical era of management lasted from about 1900 to the mid-1930s.
2. One of its most influential figures was Frederick W. Taylor, a mechanical engineer.
3. Taylor is sometimes called the father of scientific management.
4. Maslow and McGregor belong to the later behavioral period and Ouchi is a much later scholar, so none of them defines the classical era.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 "Motivating Employees", section 9.1 Early Theories of Motivation_
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