Match the following and select the correct code of matching : Code :List - I List - II (a) F.W. Taylor (i) Fair day's pay for fair day's work (b) Henry L. Gantt (ii) Motion study (c) Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (iii) Graphic scheduling for planning and controlling of work (d) Max Weber (iv) Bureaucratic organization
(a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
(a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv) — option 2.
| Contributor | Contribution | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| (a) F. W. Taylor | (i) Fair day’s pay for fair day’s work | The father of scientific management. A “fair day’s work” was to be established scientifically by time study rather than by custom or guesswork, and paid for through his differential piece-rate system — a higher rate for those meeting the standard, a lower one for those below it |
| (b) Henry L. Gantt | (iii) Graphic scheduling for planning and controlling work | The Gantt chart, which plots tasks against time as horizontal bars so that planned and actual progress can be compared at a glance. Still the standard project-scheduling display a century later. He also devised the task and bonus wage plan, a gentler alternative to Taylor’s differential rate |
| (c) Frank and Lillian Gilbreth | (ii) Motion study | Analysis of the movements in a task to eliminate wasted effort and find the one best way. They broke work into elementary motions called therbligs — their surname very nearly reversed. Lillian Gilbreth brought psychology into the field and is often called the first lady of management |
| (d) Max Weber | (iv) Bureaucratic organisation | The ideal type of rational-legal organisation — hierarchy of authority, division of labour by specialisation, written rules, impersonality, selection and promotion on technical competence, and career service |
How to solve it quickly. Two pairings are unmistakable to anyone who has read the subject at all: Weber with bureaucracy and Gilbreth with motion study. Fixing (d)-(iv) and (c)-(ii) eliminates options 3 and 4 at once, and the remaining choice turns on whether Taylor or Gantt goes with the graphic chart — and the chart carries Gantt’s own name.
Time study against motion study is the distinction most often blurred :
| Time study — Taylor | Motion study — Gilbreth | |
|---|---|---|
| Measures | How long a task should take | Which movements the task requires |
| Purpose | To set a standard time and hence a fair output | To remove unnecessary motion and fatigue |
The two were later combined into time and motion study, the foundation of work measurement and of method study in industrial engineering.
Hence, the answer is (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv).
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