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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.

Medium · Level 4 · 25 questions

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01Which option correctly identifies a Fayol principle and a Taylor technique?

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02What is the correct managerial decision under Fayol's centralisation principle?

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03According to Taylor how is maximum prosperity of management and workers possible?

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04What is the purpose of control in Fayol's administrative thinking?

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05What is mainly measured in Taylor's time study?

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06When will Fayol's stability of personnel principle be considered violated?

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07Which Taylor principle promotes collective effort between workers and management?

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08Running all departments of a hospital under one general policy is more related to whose view?

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09In Taylor's view what is the correct way to develop workers?

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10What is the effect of Fayol's esprit de corps in an organisation?

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11Which statement correctly differentiates Taylor's and Fayol's approaches?

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12What does fair remuneration in Fayol's principles emphasise?

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13Which action is necessary before applying Taylor's scientific management techniques?

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14Why is there a possible conflict between Fayol's unity of command and Taylor's functional foremanship?

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15Whose principles mainly include concepts like administrative discipline and order?

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16According to Fayol the use of authority should be linked with what?

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17Which example is not an example of Taylor's scientific management?

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18Why is Taylor's approach called more mechanical and work analysis based?

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19Why is coordination important in Fayol's administrative thought?

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20Which option gives the correct meaning of a Taylor principle?

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21How is the nature of Fayol's principles best understood?

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22What is considered the main benefit of Taylor's techniques in a production unit?

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23If a question mentions fourteen principles and shop floor techniques what is the correct matching?

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24In comparing Fayol and Taylor which thinker treated management principles as more general and situation based guidance?

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25A manager wants to organise administrative policies of the whole company. This situation is more related to whose view?

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