Eye On The Past
This is a quick self assessment you should take before reading, and then again after reading the assigned resources.
- 1.Which group had the strongest influence in addressing the personnel needs of education prior to 1870?
- A.
Shop supervisors
- B.
Selectmen
- C.
Foreman
- D.
Superintendents
- 2.Which helped increase the influence of county superintendents?
- A.
Decrease in influence of selectmen
- B.
Rise of industry
- C.
Creation of teacher training institutes
- D.
Need for principals
- 3.Organized central personnel office practices were greatly influenced by
- A.
Selectmen
- B.
Industrial/business models
- C.
Superintendents
- D.
National Education Association
- 4.Which of these is not a human resources administration movement?
- A.
Scientific Management Movement
- B.
Human Relations Movement
- C.
Essentialist Movement
- D.
Post Modern Deconstructionist Movement
- 5.Which person is associated with the Scientific Management Movement?
- A.
Douglas MacGregor
- B.
Frederick Taylor
- C.
Mary Parker Follett
- D.
Chester Bernard
- 6.Which is not a product of the Scientific Management Movement?
- A.
Accountability
- B.
Teacher evaluation
- C.
Merit pay
- D.
Empowerment
- 7.The Human Relations Movement grew out of
- A.
Hawthorne Effect experiment
- B.
Max Weber’s work
- C.
Reaction to inhumane treatment of workers
- D.
Emergence of unions
- 8.Which person is associated with the Human Relations Movement?
- A.
Douglas McGregor
- B.
Mary Parker Follett
- C.
Fredrick Herzberg
- D.
W. Edwards Deming
- 9.The Hawthorne Effect gave support to the importance of
- A.
Increased salaries
- B.
Increased lighting
- C.
Job conditions
- D.
Social relationships
- 10.Which is not associated with the Human Relations Movement?
- A.
Internal communication
- B.
Involvement in policy-making
- C.
Chain of command
- D.
Coordination
- 11.From the Behavioral Science perspective, organizations contain structural and ________ elements
- A.
Science
- B.
Career
- C.
Specilialized
- D.
Human
- 12.Which of these people are associated with the Behavioral Science Movement?
- A.
W. Edwards Deming
- B.
Frederick Taylor
- C.
Eric Trist
- D.
Douglas McGregor
- 13.Work satisfaction and human motivation were primary topics of research and inquiry for behavioral scientists. Which person connected this research to human needs
- A.
Eric Trist
- B.
W. Edwards Deming
- C.
Chester Barnard
- D.
Abraham Maslow
- 14.Systems theory as developed by Eric Trist view organizations in a ________manner
- A.
Holistic
- B.
Minimalistic
- C.
Scientific
- D.
Hierarchical
- 15.A core concept relative to Postmodernism is
- A.
Relevancy
- B.
Systems thinking
- C.
Diversity
- D.
Motivation
- 16.Which movement can be identified with Postmodernism?
- A.
Theory X/Theory Y
- B.
Systems thinking
- C.
Total Quality Management
- D.
Situational leadership
- 17.Which person is associated with the Postmodernism Deconstructionist Movement?
- A.
Eric Trist
- B.
Kurt Lewin
- C.
Mary Parker Follett
- D.
W. Edwards Deming
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