Scientific management was:
A) Pioneered by Henri Fayol.
B) An outgrowth of the Hawthorne studies which found that people performed best in an environment of clearly specified, narrow job task.
C) Focused on effectiveness rather than efficiency.
D) Successful at increasing output, in part through the use of incentive systems.

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Scientific management, pioneered by Frederick Taylor, was successful at increasing output through the use of incentive systems, such as piece-rate pay. Fayol is associated with administrative management, and the Hawthorne studies led to the development of the human relations movement, which emphasized the importance of social factors in the workplace. Scientific management focused on efficiency, not effectiveness, and was based on the idea of breaking down jobs into small, simple tasks.

Scientific Management Was