Ways to overcome vertical thinking within an organization include...

1. Ways to overcome vertical thinking within an organization include all of the following EXCEPT:

a.Move to an organizational structure that is flatter.

b.Encourage out-of-the box thinking.

c.Ensure information flows from the upper levels of the organization to lower levels or the organization.

d.Reduce the number of levels between the top executive and the employee base.

2.What is the end results of applying the Gilbreth's motion studies?

a.Increased worker satisfaction

b.Increased worker-to-worker relations

c.Increased injury of workers

d.Increased worker-to-manager relations

3.The general environment analysis considers broad societal dimensions influencing the industry or firms within it. The general environment areas include:

a.Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environment.

b.Political, Economic, Social, Technical, Legal and Environment.

c.Politics, Economics, Societal, Technical, Legal, Environmental.

d.Political, Societal, Government, Technology, Legality, Environmental.

4.The Hawthorne Studies contributed to the field of management in that it showed:

A) Group standards effectively established individual worker output

B) Money is less of a factor in determining output than group standards and sentiments, and security

C) Group influences significantly affected individual behavior

D) All of the above

5.What is a limitation of Scientific Management?

a.Monitoring Worker performance, and provide instruction and training as needed

b.Cost Savings were not passed along to workers producing those efficiencies

c.Knowledge-based work can't be observed and broken down for efficiencies like manual labor

d.Workers were able to eliminate movements in product assembly, making labor more efficient