Fayol vs Taylor

Correct answer: C. Taylor—functional foremanship

The correct answer is C. Functional foremanship is a technique of Taylor’s scientific management. The scalar chain is associated with Fayol, while the differential piece-rate system is associated with Taylor, not Fayol.

Correct answer: A. Fayol

The correct answer is A. Henri Fayol is associated with administrative theory and drew on his experience in senior management at a mining company. The clues point to his focus on managing the organisation as a whole, rather than Taylor’s focus on shop-floor work methods.

Correct answer: B. F. W. Taylor

The clues point to F. W. Taylor, an engineer whose work on scientific management drew on experiments and observations of work in factories. Fayol is chiefly associated with administrative management.

Correct answer: A. Incorrect: Fayol’s work focused on administration more broadly.

The claim is incorrect because Fayol developed an administrative approach concerned with management more broadly, not just machines. Taylor, by contrast, is strongly associated with improving work methods and efficiency in factory operations.

Correct answer: A. That description is more closely associated with Fayol’s administrative approach.

Fayol’s principles are presented as broadly applicable principles of management and are associated with the administrative level. Taylor’s scientific management focused more on improving tasks and efficiency in production work.

Correct answer: A. Fayol’s principles guide managerial work and can be adapted to circumstances.

Fayol’s management principles provide guidance for managers and are flexible rather than rigid rules. Time study is associated with Taylor, while scalar chain and equity are Fayol’s principles.

Correct answer: A. These are features of Taylor’s task-focused scientific management.

Scientific selection and training, together with standardising how a task is performed, fit Taylor’s scientific management, which aimed to improve work efficiency. The other choices name principles associated with Fayol.

Correct answer: A. Fayol: administrative management; Taylor: efficiency in production work.

Fayol is associated with administrative management, while Taylor’s scientific management focused on improving methods and efficiency in production work. The other options misattribute their contributions or areas of focus.

Correct answer: D. Fayol: functional foremanship; Taylor: equity.

Option D reverses the attribution: functional foremanship is associated with Taylor, while equity is one of Fayol’s principles. The pairings in the other options correctly match their respective contributions.

Correct answer: A. Henri Fayol

Initiative and esprit de corps, or team spirit, are two of Fayol’s principles of management. These clues therefore point to Fayol.

Correct answer: B. F. W. Taylor

The differential piece-rate system is associated with Taylor, and fatigue study is taught among the work-study techniques of scientific management. Although the Gilbreths are especially associated with motion and fatigue studies, the differential piece-rate clue points most strongly to Taylor.

Correct answer: A. Henri Fayol

Fayol’s management principles are intended to be broadly applicable across different kinds of organisations, not just factories. Their use in a school, hospital, and factory illustrates that broad applicability.

Correct answer: B. Taylor’s scientific management

The standardisation of tools and equipment is a technique of Taylor’s scientific management. Setting a standard shovel size helps ensure that workers use suitable, consistent tools for the task.

Correct answer: B. Unity of direction

Unity of direction means that activities with the same objective should be guided by one plan and one head. Coordinating departments towards a shared objective illustrates this principle.

Correct answer: B. Taylor’s time study

Time study measures how long a task takes, often using a stopwatch, to establish a standard time. This is a technique of Taylor’s scientific management.

Correct answer: A. Fayol emphasised general management; Taylor emphasised shop-floor work and worker efficiency

Fayol’s work addressed administration and management more broadly, while Taylor’s scientific management focused more directly on work methods and efficiency at the shop-floor level. These describe their main emphases, not an absolute separation.

Correct answer: B. The titles are reversed: Taylor is associated with scientific management, and Fayol with modern management theory

The titles are reversed. Taylor is commonly known as the father of scientific management, while Fayol is commonly associated with modern management theory.

Correct answer: B. Frederick W. Taylor

Taylor’s scientific management focused on analysing and improving work methods to raise efficiency, especially at the shop-floor level. This makes Taylor the best answer.

Correct answer: A. Henri Fayol

Fayol examined management as a broad administrative process and described key managerial functions and principles. That makes him the best answer here.

Correct answer: A. Fayol formulated general principles of management, while Taylor developed techniques of scientific management

Fayol is known for general principles of management, whereas Taylor is associated with scientific-management techniques such as time study and standardisation. Option A expresses this distinction accurately.

Correct answer: C. Discipline is a Fayol principle, and setting standard time is Taylor’s time study

Discipline is one of Fayol’s principles of management. Setting a standard time for a task is the purpose of Taylor’s time study, so the case combines one idea from each thinker.

Correct answer: A. The chain of authority reflects Fayol’s scalar chain; motion study is specifically associated with the Gilbreths within the scientific-management tradition

Fayol’s scalar chain concerns the formal line of authority in an organisation. Motion study analyses workers’ movements to remove unnecessary motions and is specifically associated with Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, within the broader scientific-management tradition.

Correct answer: A. Gang plank is linked with Fayol and time study with Taylor

Gang plank is linked with Fayol’s scalar chain and time study is Taylor’s technique. Exam tip: identify mixed clues separately.

Correct answer: A. First Fayol and second Taylor

Authority line is an administrative principle and speed measurement is scientific work study. Exam tip: choose thinker from level and activity.

Correct answer: B. Unity of command

Many specialists are linked with Taylor’s functional foremanship and may conflict with unity of command. Exam tip: identify the multiple orders clue.