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.Management Sciences
Category: Work, Government and the Economy
How do industrial sociologists characterize Fordism and Taylorism ?
A. high risk systems
B. high trust systems
C. low trust systems
D. low risk systems
The systematic widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants are called ?
A. deindustrialization
B. downsizing
C. post industrialization
D. “banana time”
Which one of the following is an economic system that is typically found in contemporary societies ?
A. socialism
B. feudalism
C. slavery
D. all of these
There are three basic sources of power within any political system ?
A. force influence and authority
B. force influence and democracy
C. force legitimacy and charisma
D. influence charisma and bureaucracy
Which of these types of industrial conflict is the odd one out ?
A. sabotage
B. strike
C. overtime ban
D. work to rule (working only ones contracted hours noting more or less)
In the developed countries more people are employed in the service sector than manufacturing with a tiny percentage working in agriculture Globally which sector now employs the fewest people ?
A. services
B. industrial manufacture
C. agriculture
D. none of the above
Which of the following is not a term for work that takes place outside the formal paid employment sector ?
A. the casual economy
B. the parallel economy
C. the black economy
D. the informal economy
Two basic types of economic systems distinguish contemporary industrial societies ?
A. capitalism and communism
B. capitalism and socialism
C. socialism and communism
D. capitalism and dictatorships
While predictions are not always reliable sociologists and labor specialists foresee a workforce increasingly composed of ?
A. women
B. racial minorities
C. ethnic minorities
D. all of the above
Which one of these statements is NOT a definition of the knowledge economy ?
A. much of the workforce in now involved in physical production of goods
B. the economy is dominated by the constant flow of information and opinions
C. this is a phase of development beyond industrialism
D. investment in public education and software development is more significant
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