Question

Which of the following management pioneers advocated for a bonus system where workers were paid in proportion to their own efficiency and the enterprise's success, and also urged manufacturers to use science and mathematics instead of relying on opinions?

• A. Robert Owen
• B. Henry Robinson Towne
• C. Charles Babbage
• D. James Watt Junior

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Charles Babbage

• Charles Babbage was a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University who observed that manufacturers of his time relied on opinions rather than accurate data. He advocated for applying scientific and mathematical methods to solve business problems and introduced the idea of paying a bonus to workers in proportion to their efficiency and the company's success. Robert Owen is known as the "Father of Personnel Management" and emphasized human relations and welfare. Henry Robinson Towne urged for a combination of engineers and economists as industrial managers. James Watt Junior and Mathew Robinson Boulton are noted for their application of management techniques like production planning and standardization in their engineering factory.