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Fayol vs Taylor

In Class 12 Business Studies, this topic compares Henri Fayol’s administrative principles with F.W. Taylor’s scientific management within the chapter Principles of Management. Students examine Fayol’s broad guidelines for managers, including unity of command, division of work and esprit de corps, alongside Taylor’s focus on efficiency through standardisation, time study, functional foremanship and differential piece-rate wages. The comparison clarifies their aims, methods, scope and continuing relevance, while helping learners apply both approaches to workplace situations.

Hard · Level 3 · 25 questions

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01If directors align all efforts of departments for a common objective why is this linked with Fayol rather than Taylor?

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02If a standard shovel size is fixed on a production line to increase output which contribution is indicated?

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03A school applies discipline order and scalar chain. In Fayol versus Taylor whose example is this?

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04In a factory standard time of a normal worker is found using a stopwatch. This is a clearer indication of whom?

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05If a manager says principles are not rigid laws but situation based guides whose view is closer?

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06If a case has employee initiative and esprit de corps why would linking it with Taylor be wrong?

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07If one best way and functional foremanship appear together in a case who is the correct thinker?

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08In a case organisation chart is improved and authority responsibility is balanced. In Fayol versus Taylor where does it lean?

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09In a case worker wrist movements are reduced and per unit time falls. Why is it linked with Taylor rather than Fayol?

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10Which option correctly links contribution with Fayol and Taylor?

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11Which option reverses the contributions of Fayol and Taylor?

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12If hospital management creates a clear hierarchy for its departments why is Fayol more correct than Taylor?

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13If a factory worker gets a high rate for high output and a low rate for low output which thinker is indicated?

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14If board level policy and shop floor experiment appear in the same case what is the correct interpretation?

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15If scalar chain is shortened through gang plank in an emergency this is application of whose principle?

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16If material flow and worker movement are being scientifically studied in a case whose approach is clearer?

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17Which statement correctly separates the scope of Fayol and Taylor?

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18Which statement correctly gives the direction of approach?

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19If a school principal applies unity of direction and a factory manager conducts time study what is the mapping?

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20A management case mentions both balancing authority with responsibility and standardising tools. Which thinkers are these ideas associated with, respectively?

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21If equity and stability of personnel are given together in a question which answer is most suitable?

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22If route clerk speed boss and inspector appear together in a question what does it indicate?

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23A manager uses Fayol’s principles in a factory hospital and college. Which feature does this show?

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24If standard task and scientific selection are applied together in a factory which approach is indicated?

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25If a question asks whose work was production oriented which reason is correct?

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