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What was the key conclusion of Joan Woodward’s study on 100 manufacturing firms?

AAll successful organizations use a matrix structure

BNo single organizational structure is universally effective

CBureaucracy is always efficient

DTechnology has no relation to management

Answer:

B. No single organizational structure is universally effective

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  • No single organizational structure is universally effective is the key conclusion of Joan Woodward’s study on 100 manufacturing firms


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Assertion - Reason:

A: Max Weber advocated bureaucracy for efficiency.

R: Bureaucracy ensures clear rules, hierarchy and merit-based promotion.

Consider the following statements regarding Division of Work by Gulick:

I. The most important principle is Division of Work (specialisation); work division is the foundation of organization and reason for organization.

II. Division of work and integration are the bootstraps by which mankind lifts itself in the process of civilization.

III. Gulick viewed integration as unnecessary, emphasizing only division without any coordinating mechanisms.

Consider the statements regarding the Critiques leveled against the Classical Theory include:

I. It is overly concerned with organizational structure while neglecting the dynamics of employee motivation.

II. It wrongly assumes that administrative principles possess universal, context-free applicability.

III. It fails to account for the role of non-economic factors in motivating the workforce.

Which of the following statements are true?

According to Woodward, unit and small-batch production tends to:

Consider the following statements regarding the Central Theme of Classical Theory:

I. The central theme was summarized by Gulick and Urwick as principles arrived inductively from the study of human organization to govern human association.

II. These principles can be studied as a technical question, irrespective of the enterprise's purpose, personnel, or underlying constitutional, political, or social theory.

III. Classical theory emphasizes that administration is not a science, rejecting universal applicability of its principles across all organizations.