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Business Studies

Taylor’s scientific management

This topic introduces Class 12 Business Studies students to F. W. Taylor’s scientific management approach within the chapter Principles of Management. Students learn how systematic observation, work-study and standardisation can improve efficiency and productivity. The topic explains Taylor’s principles, including science rather than rule of thumb, harmony and cooperation, cooperation rather than individualism, development of each worker, and the use of techniques such as time study, motion study, method study, fatigue study and differential piece wage system.

Hard · Level 4 · 25 questions

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01Useless hand movements have been removed from a task, but workers still become tired because of poor seating. Which study is still needed to address this problem?

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02A task has 390 minutes available, and each unit takes 6 minutes to make. If 5 units are rejected during inspection, how many usable units are produced?

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03If rest time is mistakenly counted as productive working time during a time study, what may happen to the production standard?

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04In Taylor’s scientific management, which option best describes scientific selection of workers?

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05A manager believes that wages alone will improve workers’ efficiency and that training is unnecessary. Which principle of Taylor’s scientific management is the manager overlooking?

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06In functional foremanship, which pair belongs to the production side?

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07In functional foremanship, which pair belongs to the planning side?

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08Workers say they are expected to meet high targets but are not given suitable tools or working conditions. Which scientific-management technique is most directly being neglected?

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09Management and workers have no open conflict, but neither side makes a joint effort to improve work. Which principle of Taylor’s scientific management is most clearly lacking?

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10A company sets a standard work method but changes it every week without a sound reason. Which benefit of standardisation is most weakened?

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11A company reduces product varieties to cut costs, but customers complain that essential choices have disappeared. What was missing from the decision?

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12In an organisation, planning specialists prepare good plans, but those plans are not clearly communicated to the production side, which cannot carry them out. What problem does this illustrate in functional foremanship?

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13In functional foremanship, workers receive instructions from several foremen. If each gives a different priority, which managerial challenge is most likely to increase?

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14Which option correctly compares Taylor’s and Fayol’s contributions to management?

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15A work period is 500 minutes, including 50 minutes of necessary rest. If the standard time is 9 minutes per unit, what is the standard output for the period?

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16A worker produces 75 units. The standard is 75 units, and the policy states that the higher rate of ₹10 per unit applies at the standard. What is the worker’s wage?

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17Production increased through scientific methods, but the gains were shared unfairly. Which Taylor idea was not properly put into practice?

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18When would motion study alone be insufficient?

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19Which option best shows the integrated nature of scientific management?

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20An inspector identifies quality defects, but the time and cost records are inaccurate. What will management be unable to determine reliably?

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21Which case shows both replacing the rule of thumb with science and applying standardisation?

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22Workers receive scientific training and standard tools, adequate rest is provided, and management discusses sharing the gains with them. What is the best conclusion?

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23A worker produces 66 units against a standard output of 68 units. Under Taylor’s differential piece-rate plan, the low rate is ₹7 per unit. What is the worker’s wage?

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24An organisation trains its workers, but each supervisor teaches a different way of doing the same task. Which element of scientific management is still weak?

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25Management sets targets using scientific study but imposes penalties without discussing the work method with workers or seeking their cooperation. Which Taylor principle is most directly being neglected?

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