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Which of the following pairs of a management thinker and a contribution is correctly matched?

Elton Mayo is correctly matched with the Hawthorne experiments on human relations. The other pairs are wrong because the fourteen principles are Fayol's, scientific management is Taylor's, and the Gantt chart was devised by Henry Gantt, not Max Weber.

  1. AFrederick W. Taylor – Fourteen principles of management
  2. BHenri Fayol – Scientific management and time and motion study
  3. CElton Mayo – Hawthorne experiments on human relationsCorrect
  4. DMax Weber – Gantt chart for production scheduling

Explanation

Elton Mayo led the Hawthorne studies, which highlighted the role of social and human factors at work. Fourteen principles belong to Fayol, scientific management to Taylor, and the theory of bureaucracy to Weber; the Gantt chart is by Henry Gantt.

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