BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Classical organizational theory focused on ____ [C1]
A
establishing the means of controlling worker activities
B
effectively organizing the work of individuals
C
the efficient structuring of organizations
D
the effective allocation of monetary incentives
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The main pillars or elements of the Classical theory are as follows: Division of Labor – In order to obtain a clear specialization in order to improve the performance of individual workers, the organization must divide work. Departmentalization – The organization must group various activities and jobs into departments.

Detailed explanation-2: -The classical organizational theory views an organization as a machine and employees as the various parts of that machine. The classical approach to management focuses on centralized authority, labor specialization and incentives to optimize productivity in an organization and, in turn, drive profits.

Detailed explanation-3: -The classical organizational structure includes simple centralized design, bureaucratic organization and divisionalized organization. The simple centralized design is suited for smaller organizations, where power, decision making authority and responsibility for goal setting are vested in one or two persons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moreover, classical organization theory is based on four key pillars. They include division of labor, the scalar and functional processes, structure, and span of control. Given these major elements just about all of classical organization theory can be derived.

Detailed explanation-5: -The classical theory implies that every complex concept has a classical analysis, where a classical analysis of a concept is a proposition giving metaphysically necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for being in the extension across possible worlds for that concept.

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