Management and the Worker: An Account of a Research Program Conducted by the Western Electric Company, Hawthorne Works, Chicago (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Fritz Jules Roethlisberger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266870902 ISBN 13: 9780266870906

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How workers’ thoughts and personal lives shape factory outcomes—and what managers can do about it

This nonfiction study examines the real ways personal preoccupations affect worker performance and company conditions. It shows how interviews, observations, and careful analysis challenge simple ideas about jobs, supervision, and morale. The book argues for an explicit, teachable skill in diagnosing human situations and for continuously studying how people fit within an organization.

What you’ll gain:

• Insights into how personal issues influence output in test rooms and real work settings
• Thoughtful discussions of interviewing, complaints, and the limits of psychodiagnosis
• Practical ideas for improving personnel administration and workplace harmony
• A historical look at management beliefs and the social life of a large industrial plant

Ideal for readers interested in organizational psychology, workplace history, and how managers turn human factors into better systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266870902
• ISBN 13: 9780266870906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 647