Frederick taylor believed that:
the scientific method applied to work as well as science
Frederick taylor was responsible for the development of
principles of scientific management
Which of the following is not associated with the work of Taylor?
The hierarchical needs of labor.
Higher productivity derived from efficient operations leads to
lower cost goods and services
Which of the following is NOT an OM operations planning and control issue?
How much capacity do we need?
In order to be successful with large-scale Web-based on-line shopping, companies
typically need to
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Which of the following individuals made contributions to the OM field by developing time and motion study?
Frank Gilbreth
Which of the following is NOT an OM tactical issue?
Where do we locate the facility or facilities?
Operations managers help to provide workers with improved working conditions by
improving the ergonomic design of job functions
Which of the following is NOT an example of the shift of power from producers to consumers?
less emphasis in reducing labor and material costs
Operations management is the business function that plans, coordinates, and controls the
resources needed to produce a company's
Answer
Products and services
Contemporary operations managers would NOT define quality in terms of
profits
Who was heavily involved in industrial psychology?
Lillian Gilbreth
Who developed the use of motion study in improving operations?
Frank Gilbreth
The operations management transformation process in a manufacturing firm is primarily which of the following?
Physical
Who was instrumental in shedding new light on psychological needs of workers and their motivations?
Elton Mayo
Who developed the use of standardization in large scale mass production using a moving assembly line?
Henry Ford
Higher quality products are commonly associated with
six-sigma quality standards
Which of the following is NOT an OM strategic issue?
Should we have finished goods inventory?
Largely due to the globalization of economies and the growth of e-commerce, the balance of power has shifted from
producers to consumers
Which of the following is consistent with contemporary operations management?
replanting of forest land to reduce erosion
Who was greatly responsible for the scientific management movement since the turn of the century?
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Which of the following individuals made contributions to the field of Operations Management by shedding new light on worker motivation?
Elton Mayo
F.W. Taylor believed that:
scientific laws governed how much work a person could do each day.
In a retail store, the transformation process is a change of personnel,
products and money into satisfied purchasers.
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