Deck 4: Management Pioneers in the Early Factory

Question 1

The "silent monitor" was a forerunner of modern management's public posting of sales and production data to instill departmental pride or to encourage competition.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Charles Babbage advocated an early profit sharing scheme.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Andrew Ure developed a particularly unique device, the "silent monitor,"
to aid discipline.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Robert Owen was concerned with human problems of the factory, but his primary concern was the analysis of production techniques. Charles Babbage, on the other hand, was more concerned with the impact of industrialization on people.

Question 5

Robert Owen was against capitalism but favored the church because it promoted the Protestant work ethic.

Question 6

Charles Dupin believed that technological advancement eliminated jobs.

Question 7

Augusta Ada warned people against becoming dependent on the computer because it could never originate anything and operated only as it was instructed.

Question 8

Charles Babbage pleaded with the workers to recognize that the factory worked to their betterment.

Question 9

Charles Babbage felt that the prosperity and success of a firm depended on its market share rather than the welfare of its workers.

Question 10

Andrew Ure agreed with Charles Dickens that the factory system was too harsh in disciplining the employees.

Question 11

Compared with the general population, Andrew Ure provided evidence that factory workers were better off in their health, diet, and with a lower occurrence of disease.

Question 12

According to Robert Owen, the "vital machines"
in his firm were those pieces of equipment that were necessary to the smooth flow of work in the factory layout.

Question 13

Robert Owen claimed it was more profitable to show a concern for your employees and this also served to relieve the accumulation of human misery.

Question 14

According to Charles Dupin, industrial training and education would allow agrarian and unskilled workers to share in the prosperity of industrialization.

Question 15

__________was the computer programmer for Charles Babbage:

A) Augusta Ada
B) Herman Hollerith
C) Joseph-Marie Jacquard
D) Andrew Ure
E) none of the above

Question 16

In his study of manufacturing, Charles Babbage was interested in:

A) the expense of each process
B) the firm's return on investment
C) the length of work cycle
D) all of the above
E) only A and C above

Question 17

_______learned from Andrew Ure and took those ideas on industrial education to France:

A) Henri Fayol
B) M. Curie
C) Charles Dupin
D) Jean Baptiste Say
E) none of the above

Question 18

Which of the following does not apply to Robert Owen?

A) successful cotton mill operator
B) had silent monitor
C) believed in the division of labor
D) founded New Harmony
E) employed child labor

Question 19

Babbage felt that profit-sharing was good because:

A) each worker would have a direct interest in the firm's prosperity
B) each worker would be stimulated to prevent waste and mismanagement
C) the worker received immediate feedback about performance results
D) all of the above
E) only A and B

Question 20

The first teacher of "management" was most probably:

A) Charles Babbage
B) N. Machiavelli
C) James Watt
D) Robert Owen
E) none of the above

Question 21

Andrew Ure advocated three principles of action or three organic systems; which of the following is not one of the three?

A) social
B) mechanical
C) commercial
D) moral

Question 22

Which of the following is not connected with Charles Babbage?

A) the Countess of Lovelace
B) first computer
C) bonus for good suggestions
D) teaching management
E) the analytical engine

Question 23

Which of the following would be known as an early teacher and a strong defender of the factory system?

A) Charles Babbage
B) Andrew Ure
C) James Montgomery
D) Samuel Arkwright
E) James Watt

Question 24

It is possible that both Jean Baptiste Say and Andrew Ure influenced_______ view of management as being a separate study which could be taught.

A) Charles Babbage's
B) Charles Dupin's
C) Max Weber's
D) Adam Smith's
E) Robert Owen's

Question 25

At New Lanark, Robert Owen sought more labor intensive agricultural practices to employ more workers and support the growing population. Evaluate his views in terms of what was known then (early 1800s) and what occurred by the end of the twentieth century.

Question 26

Why did Frederick Taylor get credit for systematic/scientific management and not Charles Babbage?

Question 27

What was the basis of Andrew Ure's belief that the factory system provided benefits to employees and to society? (Clue: review his survey of England's cotton mills in 1833.)

Question 28

Compare and contrast Robert Owen's views of industrial progress with the ideas of Andrew Ure and Charles Dupin.