EDRD 3140 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ingroups And Outgroups, Avocation, Cyberbullying

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 3140
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

The early 20 th century theorists of the classical" school of organization described the organization as a th century. Features of the preferred communication approach in classical theories: content focused on tasks, downward communication flow, communication usually written, formal style of communication. The hawthorne studies of the 1920s and 30s at the western electric company, in which elton mayo of. Harvard played a major role, focused on aspects of the working environment that would maximize worker output and improve organizational efficiency. Later research suggests that more traditional explanations such as incentives, pressure from management, and worker selection are better explanations of the hawthorne findings. Maslow proposed that the lower order needs must be satisfied first, otherwise higher order needs will never be satisfied. Little empirical support has been found for the details of maslow"s views. Nonetheless, scholars continue to work with the hierarchy and its possible application to the organizational context.