ADM 2336 Lecture Notes - Western Electric, Hawthorne Effect, Ideal Type
Document Summary
Organizational behaviour (may 2 july 29 2011) Consider recent trends toward informality, lack of hierarchy in organizations. The great place to work: some consensus as to elements associated with a great place to work, organizational culture, employee learning, employee motivation, forms of managerial communication. Jeffrey pfeffer: the traditional explanations for organizational success are no longer adequate: technology is not enough; economies of scale are not enough, as examples. It is the management of people that is now a greater predictor of success (consider chinese manufacturers?) How can an organization be effective, if it is inactive?: what types of practices are favoured, incentive pay, participation, empowerment, teamwork, job redesign, training and skills development. Research in organizational behaviour changing dimensions: research into bureaucracies and deskilling (weber and taylor) leads to development of concepts of scientific management, hawthorne studies and development of human relations movement.
