Q. Which of the following early advocates of organizational behavior was the first to argue that organizations were open systems?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Chester Barnard
Historical Perspective of Management MCQs and Notes
Q. Who was one of the first to recognize that organizations could be viewed from the perspective of individual and group behaviour?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Mary Parker Follett
Q. Which of the following early advocates of organizational behavior created the field of industrial psychology, the scientific study of people at work?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Hugo Munsterberg
Q. The quantitative approach to management has also been referred to by which of the following names?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Management science
Q. Based on his scientific management principles, Taylor suggested which of the following pay principles?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Incentive pay
Q. According to Weber's ideal bureaucracy, what occurs when employees are placed in jobs based on technical qualifications?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Formal selection
Q. Fayol was interested in studying________, whereas Taylor was interested in studying __________.
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
all managers; first-line managers
Q. Which was the best-known example of Taylor's scientific management?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
pig iron
Q. Which of the following phrases is most associated with scientific management?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
One best way
Q. In the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith described the breakdown of jobs into narrow and repetitive tasks and called this as:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
division of labor