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Elton Mayo

&
His contribution to management
Rahul More

Sanket Tadge

Sachin Ghuge

Rutika More

Shraddha Sawant
Australian born psychologist

One of the fathers of the
Human Relations Movement

Significant contributions to a
number of disciplines



1901: Attended medical school in Edinburgh and
London

1903: Began writing articles for magazines and teaching
English

1905: Partnership in the printing firm of J. H.Sherring &Co.

1907: study of philosophy and psychology under Sir William
Mitchell

1926-1947: Career at Harvard Business School
Scientific management theory by Frederick
Winslow Taylor

Objective

Limitations :
Exploitation of employees
Too much Importance to individual performance
Workers are motivated only by financial gains
Narrow application of theory



The experiments took place at Western Electric's factory
at Hawthorne, a suburb of Chicago, in the late 1920s

Six individuals became a team

They were themselves satisfied at the
consequence for they felt

The more intelligent the girl, the greater was the
number of variations

The experimental group had considerable freedom
of movement
Variables affecting productivity


Relay assembly


Feedback mechanism
Work is a group activity

The need for recognition, security & sense of
belonging is very important

Workers attitude & effectiveness are conditioned
by social demands

Group collaboration does not occur by accident
Lacks Validity

More Importance to
Human Aspects

More Emphasis on
Group Decision-making

Over Importance to Freedom of Workers
Workers are best motivated by:
Better communication

Greater management involvement

Working in groups & teams

Leadership

Integrating pay with social
needs

Informal groups

New conception of Personnel Management


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