Which of the following best reflects Mary Parker Folletts views on management and leadership in an organization?

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80.Which of the following best reflects Mary Parker Follett’s views on management andleadership in an organization?A.Managers should avoid involving workers in analyzing their jobs to identifybetter ways to perform tasks as this could lead to employees underperforming.B.If workers have the relevant knowledge, then workers, rather than managers,should be in control of the work process itself.C.The formal line of authority and vertical chain of command are the mostessential steps to effective management.D.Members of different departments should avoid working together in cross-departmental teams to accomplish projects in order to minimize duplication ofeffort.E.Managers’ formal authority deriving from their position in the hierarchy shoulddecide who will lead at any particular moment.Mary Parker Follett proposed that knowledge and expertise, and not managers’formal authority deriving from their position in the hierarchy, should decide whowill lead at any particular moment.If workers have the relevant knowledge, thenworkers, rather than managers, should be in control of the work process itself.

81.The human relations movement advocates that:

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82.Which of the following revelations from different research studies came to beknown as the Hawthorne effect?

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Is the study of the factors that have an impact on how individuals and groups respond to and act in organizations?

Organizational behavior is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how individuals and groups respond to and act in organizations and how organizations manage their environments.

Which management approach advocates that supervisors be behaviorally trained to manage subordinates in ways that elicit their cooperation and increase their productivity?

The human relations movement advocates that supervisors be behaviorally trained to manage subordinates in ways that elicit their cooperation and increase their productivity.

When the tasks and authority associated with various positions in the organization are clearly specified it creates a scenario where?

When the tasks and authority associated with various positions in the organization are clearly specified, it creates a scenario where: employees are held strictly accountable for their actions.