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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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