Arthur, a production manager, knows that some of his employees are upset with a new corporate policy that eliminates a tuition reimbursement program. As a result, some of these employees are reducing their productivity. To eliminate this behavior, Sal should
A) reduce the use of scientific principles in planning work methods.
B) carefully select workers according to their abilities and give workers training.
C) reduce training, but increase MBO.
D) place workers in any vacant position which focuses on their abilities.
E) meet with each employee and coach him/her.

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Taylor believed that managers could improve workers' productivity by applying four principles of science: (1) evaluate a task by scientifically studying each part of the task (not use old rule-of-thumb methods); (2) carefully select workers with the right abilities for the task; (3) give workers the training and incentives to do the task with the proper work methods; and (4) use scientific principles to plan the work methods and ease the way for workers to do their jobs.

Arthur, a Production Manager, Knows That Some of His Employees