Jason is the new manager of a local retail store. He is in charge of all the activities that take place at the store. During the first two weeks after joining, Jason carefully monitors each employee's tasks and the time spent on performing each of those tasks. He then organizes the tasks and activities into work groups, standardizes the procedures involved, and allocates a time limit for each work group and procedure. Jason informs his employees that their wage incentives will directly reflect their adherence to the new standards. In this case, Jason's actions are consistent with the ideologies of _____.
a. democratic management
b. chaos theory
c. scientific management
d. Theory X

Scientific management is grounded in the belief of efficiency of labor. The idea in scientific management is that works that needed to be done should be standardized, workers should be allocated based on their skill to complete the work and they should ultimately be compensated based on work carried out in line with the standardized rules. The scientific management theory was propounded by Frederick Winslow Taylor.

On this background, Jason`s actions are consistent with the ideologies of scientific management because he standardizes the procedures involved in carrying out works, monitors efficiency of his workers and ultimately based their compensation on adherence to set standards.

Other options-democratic management, Theory X chaos management,-are not consistent or relevant to Jason`s action.

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Answer:

The correct answer is letter "C": scientific management.

Explanation:

Scientific management or "Taylorism" named after American economist Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), is the management approach that aims to increase productivity through employee specialization. This is achieved by recruiting and selecting qualified labor hand, assigning workers duties that match their abilities, training them, and motivating them through higher wages.