COMMERCE 1BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hawthorne Effect, Procrastination, Scientific Management
13 Dec 2017
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E- give us an example: self generated time wasters/robbers are your choice i. e. going to the gym, environmental time wasters/robbers are set for you i. e. a team practice set by the coach. *looking for honesty and concise well explained answers: procrastination is fear based, eliminate distractions. Goals: write 1 academic & 1 other type of goal. They increased productivity by treating work as a science. Taylor broke every job down into a task, creating a schedule of when they should work and when they should rest. They increased productivity by treating their employees well. It was considered a privilege to work there. They had vacations, health care, and good lighting. What managers do: enact roles: information roles. Liaison, connection in a company who meets regularly to plan: decisional roles. Resource allocator, splits up resources into different areas of an organization. Negotiator, within a group or with different people. *exam questions come from this level of thinking & visuals*
