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Frederick W. Taylor, whose work is the basis of scientific management, is best known for which of the following ideas?

Taylor is known for scientific management, in which time and motion study is used to find the one best way of doing a job. Fourteen principles come from Fayol, bureaucracy from Weber, and human relations from Mayo's Hawthorne studies.

  1. AStudying tasks through time and motion study to find the one best way of doing a jobCorrect
  2. BDividing the organisation into fourteen principles of administration for top managers
  3. CTreating the organisation as an ideal bureaucracy governed by written rules
  4. DGiving priority to informal groups and human relations over work methods

Explanation

Taylor applied scientific methods such as time and motion study to determine the most efficient way to perform each task. The fourteen principles belong to Henri Fayol, bureaucracy to Max Weber, and the human relations emphasis to the Hawthorne studies of Elton Mayo.

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