MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Elton Mayo

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 405
• Professor: Louis Pike

Document Summary

Historical foundations of ob orgs have been studied in other fields for centuries emerged as a field early 1940s. 1776: adam smith discussed benefits of job specialization and division of labour. 100 years later: max weber wrote about ration orgs. Frederick winslow taylor proposed ways to org work processes and motivate employees through goal setting and rewards. William lyon mackenzie king was a consultant who wrote about need for more worker involvement and org reward systems. 1930s: elton mayo countered ob practices that focused on changes to work conditions and job duties by est. The right stuff create knowledge and innovate team synergy make decisions and problem solve self-motivating communicate effectively (written and oral) Open systems perspective permeable relationship with external environment rely on raw materials input --> output internal subsystems coordinate well with each other. Hpwp practices strengthen employee motivation and +ve attitudes represent company"s investment in workforce.