The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order.
For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a
coherent text by choosing from the list A-G to fill in each numbered box.
The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes. Mark your
answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
[A] As a science, management entails the use of
organized knowledge. Many of the things managers do are a result of information
obtained through formal research and study. One area in which a great deal has
been done is quantitative decision making or, as it is known today, management
science. We know that by using certain mathematical formulas we can control
inventory and project demand more accurately than by merely using trial and
error.
[B] Management is the process of getting things
done through people. We know that part of this process is carried out with the
development of an organization structure.
[C] Yet
management is also an art. Through experience the manager develops judgment and
intuition, subjective factors that are useful in evaluation situations. For
example, the manager may have to choose between two strategies, A and B, All
research and study may indicate that neither of the two is any better than the
other.
[D] Effective management is a combination of art
and science. Neither should be ignored; neither ought to be relied on
exclusively. In getting things done through people, management must seek the
right blend of art and science. At the upper levels of the hierarchy there will
be more emphasis on the former; at the lower levels there will be more emphasis
on the latter.
[E] How do managers succeed in getting
things done through people? In order to answer this question it is necessary to
break down the manager' s job into its basic duties or functions. Management
entails planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. By performing web in
each of these areas the manager can get things done through people.
[F] However, what if the manager chooses strategy A on the basis of
intuition and proves to be right? In this case it is difficult to say precisely
why the manager was able to choose so well, but there must be some special
ability he or she has. This same type of ability is useful in managing people.
Effective managers know when to flatter their subordinates and when to be stern.
Such human behavior skills cannot be quantified; they can only be learned
through experience and training.
[G] However, there is
more to management than just organizing the people and the work. Objectives must
be set, plans formulated, people directed, and operations controlled. In making
the necessary decisions, management must rely on all the skills at its command.
As a result, management is both a science and an art.