One principle of scientific management concerns how work and responsibility are split. What does it require?
ASplitting them equally between every worker
BLeaving the split to the workers themselves
CSplitting them by who is better suited to each
DLeaving all of both with the managers alone
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Splitting them by who is better suited to each
1. Scientific management was set out as four basic principles.
2. The first is to develop a scientific approach for each element of a person's job.
3. The second is to scientifically select, train, teach, and develop workers.
4. The third is to encourage cooperation between workers and managers so that each job is done in a standard, scientifically determined way.
5. The fourth divides work and responsibility between management and workers according to who is better suited to each task.
6. An equal split ignores suitability, which is the whole point of the fourth principle, so that option is a trap.
7. Leaving the split to workers or keeping everything with managers both contradict the cooperation demanded by the third principle.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 "Motivating Employees", section 9.1 Early Theories of Motivation_
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