Assertion (A) : Taylor stressed on revival of interest in human resources at work by focussing on increased production by rationalizing everything. Reason (R) : He assumed that “workers want to earn maximum for minimum work”. Codes :
(A) is correct and (R) is the right explanation of (A).
This assertion-reason question is about F.W. Taylor and scientific management. We first check whether each statement is true on its own, and then whether the reason actually explains the assertion.
Assertion (A) is correct. Taylor, the father of scientific management, insisted on replacing rule-of-thumb working methods with methods based on the scientific study of work. His whole thrust was to raise production by analysing and rationalizing every element of a task rather than relying on tradition or guesswork.
Reason (R) is also correct. Scientific management pursued the 'one best way' to do each task through careful time-and-motion study, the standardisation of tools, methods and conditions, and the scientific selection and training of workers so that the right worker is matched to the right job - all directed at higher productivity.
Moreover, (R) genuinely explains (A). The increased production asserted in (A) is achieved precisely through the scientific techniques described in (R): it is the time-and-motion study, standardisation and scientific selection that make the rationalization of work raise output. So the reason supplies the mechanism behind the assertion.
Hence (A) is correct and (R) is the right explanation of (A).
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Match List - I with List - II.
List - I
(Name of Study)List - II
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LIST I
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Statement I: Nature of a corporation has been analysed by theorists as private rights theory, social institution theory, contractual theory of the firm.
Statement II: Nature of the corporation has been explained by input-output model under stakeholder theory; each stakeholder group constituency is integral to the operation of a corporation.
In which of the following streams was Classical theory of organisation developed ?
1. Bureaucracy
2. Administrative Theory
3. Scientific Management
________ argues that managers merely act as custodians of the organization and its operational activities.
- Match List I with List II related to Elton Mayo's Experiments on Human Relations.
List I (Experiment) List II (Year) (a) Philadelphia textile mill
experiment(i) 1924-27 (b) The Great Illumination
Experiment(ii) 1928-31 (c) Special study of Human
attitudes and sentiments
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Statement I: Gullick and Urwick developed organisational principles.
Statement II: According to Gullick and Urwick the Co-ordination through authority is an important principle of organisation.
