Management and Organizations in a Global Environment Presentation 2022

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS
IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
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INTRODUCTION
 The Hawthorne Studies were a series of
research studies conducted to determine the
changes in the behavior of individuals in
responding to environmental changes
 The objective was to systematically divide
tasks into smaller fragments, and determine
the most efficient work procedure for workers
 The name was coined after the Hawthorne
Works, where the primary research on
lighting studies was conducted, by Henry A.
Landsberger

 The Hawthorne experiments
were led by Elton Mayo,
professor of Harvard Business
School, along with associates
William J. Dickson and F. J.
Roethlisberger.
 The ideas and conclusions drawn by these
studies about the physical and social
dynamics of workers have drawn a lot of
reactions, interpretations and criticism.

THE ILLUMINATION STUDIES
 The Illunimation Studies were the set of earlier
tests of the Hawthorne Studies conducted on
factory workers between 1924 and 1932 by
Western Electric at their Hawthorne Works factory
 a series of studies of test groups and control
groups, in which the levels of illumination, that is,
the overall brightness of the work station were
changed, while other conditions were constant
 The changes in the amount of light available to
workers while working affected their productivity
levels.