Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
Which one of the following is not a part of the underlying ideas of the traditional or mechanistic theory of organization?
AIt takes an administrative view of human relationship
BIt considers economic incentives to be the sole motivating factor
CIt ignores the dynamics of organizational behaviour
DIt gives more importance to informal relationship ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) It gives more importance to informal relationship — Giving more importance to informal relationship is not part of mechanistic theory, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Giving more importance to informal relationship is not part of mechanistic theory, so that is the answer.
★The traditional or mechanistic theory views the organisation as a formal, machine-like structure.
★It treats human relationships in a purely administrative and impersonal way.
★It assumes economic incentives are the sole motivator of workers, the economic-man idea.
★It ignores the dynamics of organizational behaviour and the social side of work.
★Importance to informal relationships belongs to the human relations theory, which arose in reaction to it.
★Hence stressing informal relationships is the idea that does not fit mechanistic theory.
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