Operations management uses human relations theory to improve the efficiency of business operations.

Select the correct response to the following question.

Which of the following is a downside of the widespread use of the quantitative management perspective?

Managers who apply mathematical models in the workplace tend to treat workers as if they are machines.

Managers may perceive numbers as objective facts, but the results of quantitative analysis are only as good as the underlying assumptions.

Its theories about human behavior may lead managers to oversimplify their expectations of people.