The three subfields of the classical perspective include:
A) quantitative management, behavioral science, and administrative management.
B) bureaucratic organization, quantitative management, and the human relations movement.
C) administrative management, bureaucratic organization, and scientific management.
D) scientific management, quantitative management, and administrative management.
E) none of these.

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The classical perspective is divided into three subfields: administrative management, bureaucratic organization, and scientific management, which are all encompassed in option C. Option A is incorrect because it includes behavioral science, which is not a subfield of the classical perspective. Option B is incorrect because it includes the human relations movement, which is not a subfield of the classical perspective either. Option D is incorrect because it includes quantitative management twice and does not include bureaucratic organization.

The Three Subfields of the Classical Perspective Include