Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Assertion (A): Herbert Simon has ridiculed the classical theory of organization as a machine model theory.
Reason (R): Reason (R): Classicists are too much preoccupied with the formal structural part of organization, and that too at the cost of human factors.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both A and R are true and R explains A, so the answer is option A.
Explanation
★Both A and R are true and R explains A, so the answer is option A.
★Herbert Simon attacked the classical theory of organisation as a rigid machine model in 'Administrative Behavior' (1947).
★He dismissed the classical principles as mere proverbs, clichés and slogans, so the assertion is true.
★The reason is also true: the classical writers fixed on formal structure and ignored the human side of organisations.
★Because they reduced workers to cogs in a mechanism, their theory reads like a description of a machine.
★That neglect of human factors is exactly why Simon could call their model mechanical.
★Hence both statements are true and R is the correct explanation of A, giving option A.
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