MGMT 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Job Enrichment, Western Electric, Job Design

• School: York University
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 1030
• Professor: Frank Miller

Document Summary

Management structures in canadian business history: paternalistic management. Existed prior to the industrial revolution in canada. Most canadians worked in agricultural occupations, and few workers were employed directly by other people. Most wage workers were employed in very small firms with fewer than five employees, which encouraged a sense of community among workers and employers. Workers often were employed by friends or relatives. Workers did not enjoy legal rights, i. e. , the right to strike. While some workers could be mistreated in this system, the lack of an all-encompassing profit motive for employers prevented extreme exploitation of workers. Frequently, owner is doing pretty much doing the same thing the employees are doing. Reflects family structure; reflects nature of pre-industrial economy; agricultural economy. Workers lacked legal recourse that would later be developed. Mother is important to family setting; judge (neutral voice) between father and son, acted in a calming way to negotiate way during times of crisis.