Herbert Simon has described management principles as ______.

no more than proverbs

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they are capsules of selected management wisdom to be used carefully and discreely

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both (a) and (b)

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none of the above

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The correct option is B no more than proverbs
Herbert Simon was a Nobel Prize winner in Economics. Simon examined that the principles of management and viewed it as contradictory and ambiguous. He described these principles as myths, slogans and homely proverbs. Simon looked at organisational problems in totality of socio-psychological context and viewed that decision making takes place in this context.

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