GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Western Electric, Elton Mayo, Hawthorne Effect

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Shavin Malhotra

Document Summary

How much of a typical manager"s time would you expect to be allocated to these relationships (total should = 100%) 44 %of time working with peers and outsiders. What amount of a managers time is typically spent in the following activitives for a ceo and a junior manager (total should = 100% or less) As part of the scientific management regime, companies routinely studied the effects of the physical environment on their workers. The hawthorne studies were carried out by the western electric company (with 40,000 workers) at their hawthorne plant in the 1920"s. Selected six women, and segregated them from the rest of the factory and put them under the eye of the supervisor. Who was more a friendly observer than disciplinarian. Mayo made frequent changes in their working conditions, always discussing and explaining the changes in advance. The relays were mechanically counted as they slipped down the chute.