It was more than a century ago that an engineer named Frederick Taylor walked into factories and starting timing workers with a stop watch. He dissected their movements, and organized them more efficiently. He turned factory production into a science. Suppose work was completed in the factory based on what the floor manager decided and workers were paid a flat daily wage. How does this firm organize production?
A) through the incentive system
B) through the command system
C) through a mixed command and incentive system
D) through the market system

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The firm organizes production through the command system, as the floor manager decides the work and workers are paid a flat daily wage, indicating a top-down approach without performance-based incentives.

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