The main elements of Scientific Management are:
(A) Functional or specialised supervision
(B) Standardisation of work methods
(C) Management by exception principle
(D) Coordinate with employees to ensure implementation of professionalism
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) Functional or specialised supervision — An element (Correct). It is the first item in the list of “the main elements of Scientific Management” from Taylor’s own work. It is the idea behind functional foremanship: each worker is guided by several specialist supervisors.
(B) Standardisation of work methods — An element (Correct). It is in Taylor’s list. The best way of doing each job is found and made the standard for all.
(C) Management by exception principle — An element (Correct). It is in Taylor’s list. Managers deal only with big deviations from the plan and leave routine matters to others.
(D) Coordinate with employees to ensure implementation of professionalism — Not an element (Incorrect). This is not in Taylor’s list. Taylor spoke of friendly cooperation between management and workers, but not of “professionalism”.
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