Understanding Business
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ISBN: 9780078023163
Author: William G Nickels, James McHugh, Susan McHugh
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine: Way in which UPS follows the principles of scientific management by teaching people the one “best way” to perform task.
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Scientific management is an ideology of management that examines and amalgamates workflows.
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