CSEET · Business Laws and Management · Introduction to Management
Which of the following management thinkers is known as the 'Father of Scientific Management' for his emphasis on time and motion studies and standardisation of work methods?
Frederick W. Taylor is called the Father of Scientific Management because he applied scientific methods such as time and motion study, standardisation of tools and methods, and scientific selection of workers to raise efficiency. Fayol, Weber and Mayo are linked to other schools of management thought.
- AHenri Fayol
- BFrederick W. TaylorCorrect
- CMax Weber
- DElton Mayo
Explanation
F.W. Taylor developed scientific management, using time and motion study, standard tools and scientific selection and training of workers. Henri Fayol is associated with general administrative theory and 14 principles, Weber with bureaucracy, and Mayo with the human relations approach.
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