CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Introduction to Management
A Pune engineering firm studies how long each step of assembling a pump takes using a stopwatch, removes unnecessary motions, and fixes a standard time for the job. Which Taylor technique is being applied?
The firm is using time and motion study, a Taylor technique in which job elements are timed and unnecessary movements removed to set a standard time. Functional foremanship relates to specialised supervisors, while unity of command and scalar chain are Fayol's principles, not work-measurement tools.
- AFunctional foremanship
- BTime and motion studyCorrect
- CUnity of command
- DScalar chain
Explanation
Timing each step and eliminating wasteful movements to set a standard time is time and motion study. Functional foremanship concerns dividing supervision among specialist foremen, while unity of command and scalar chain are Fayol's principles.
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