daniel, fiona, kasey & ryan
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Elton Mayo born George Elton Mayo on December 26, 1880, in Australia Kasey Elton Mayo born George Elton Mayo on December 26, 1880, in Australia in 1926, Mayo became the professor of industrial research at Harvard University where he met Fritz Roethlisberger got a scholarship to do research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton school during his time in Pennsylvania, he conducted the experiment which made him famous, the Hawthorne ExperimentTRANSCRIPT
HAWTHORNE STUDIES
Daniel, Fiona, Kasey & Ryan
Elton Mayo• born George Elton Mayo on
December 26, 1880, in Australia• in 1926, Mayo became the professor
of industrial research at Harvard University where he met Fritz Roethlisberger
• got a scholarship to do research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton school
• during his time in Pennsylvania, he conducted the experiment which made him famous, the Hawthorne Experiment
Kasey
• born in New York City, in 1898• was Mayo's assistant turned
collaborator in the Hawthorne Experiment, at the Western Electric Company Hawthorne Plant
• Roethlisberger, along with another writer, W.J. Dickson, published the first findings on the Hawthorne Experiment
Fritz Roethlisberger Kasey
The Hawthorne Effect
Illumination Experiment
Performed to determine a correlation between the brightness of the lighting in a room and a worker’s productivity
Designed to evaluate how efficiency would be affected by work hours and rest
periods
Relay Assembly Experiment
Fiona
The Hawthorne Experiments (cont'd)
Mass Interviewing Programme
21 000 employees were interviewed to discover reasons for an increase in
productivity
Men working in the bank-wiring department were placed under
observation to study social groups
Bank-wiring test
Fiona
The Hawthorne Effect
Slight changes could potentially accumulate to huge increases in productivity
Manipulation of independent variables showed varying results
Ryan
The Hawthorne Effects Contd.
Workers tended to work better while they knew they were being watched
Results were at times inconsistent and showed no clear trend
Ryan
Limitations of the Theory• Difficult to identify the specific
work environment attributes thatcontributed to the increased productivity.
• Work environments differ therefore,theory may require modifications depending on the environment.
• There are many variables that need to be considered for this experiment to produce positive results therefore the theory has flaws and does not always work.
Daniel
• Currently used in factory environments, design/creative industries, as well as the education and services sector.
Current Results
• Managers constantly monitoring and modifyingworking environments toincrease productivity.
Daniel
• http://www.12manage.com/methods_mayo_hawthorne_effect.htmlhttp://classof1.com/homework_answers/psychology/hawthorne_effect/• http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/Infostuttering/Harrison/hawthorne.html• http://psychology.about.com/od/hindex/g/def_hawthorn.htm• http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~bak00040• http://www.economist.com/node/13562099• http://www.vectorstudy.com/management_gurus/elton_mayo.htm• http://www.mbaknol.com/management-principles/elton-mayos-hawthorne-experiment-and-its-contributions-to-management/
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