Question

Assume that an organization has a clear division of labour, the duties and responsibilities of its employees are explicitly defined, it has standard rules and procedures, it has a hierarchy of authority, and its mean selected for technical competence. This is an example of:

a. Negative entropy

b. Scientific management

c. A bureaucracy

d. An open system

e. A closed system

Answer 1

According to Management theory ;

The characteristic of bureaucratic management system or organisation are the following;

a) Organization has a clear division of labour

b) The duties and responsibilities of its employees are explicitly defined

c) It has standard rules and procedures

d) It has hierarachy of authority

e) The members are selected on the basis of technical competancy

Hence considering the above characteristic is purely connected to Bureacratic organisation; the correct option is C

Option ( a ) Negative entropy is the amount of dis order in the system; hence this option is not correct

Option ( b) Scientific management basically consider the cause and effect relationship in the managment ; this also not a correct option

Option (d) Open system ; Management is an open system it receives input from the outside ; this option is also not suitable for this question

Option (e) Closed system; This kind of system cannot receives and provide any information from outside of the organisation environment; hence this option is also not suitable to the question