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Which of the following is correctly identified as the 'father of scientific management', who advocated replacing rule-of-thumb methods with scientific study of tasks?

F. W. Taylor is the father of scientific management. He argued that rule-of-thumb methods should be replaced by scientific study of work, including time and motion study, standard tools, and careful selection and training of workers, to raise efficiency and productivity.

  1. AHenri Fayol
  2. BF. W. TaylorCorrect
  3. CElton Mayo
  4. DMax Weber

Explanation

F. W. Taylor developed scientific management, stressing time and motion study, standardisation of tools and methods, and scientific selection and training of workers. Henri Fayol is linked with general administrative theory and 14 principles, so he is wrong here. Elton Mayo is linked with human relations, and Max Weber with bureaucracy.

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