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Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger
內容大綱
This case, set in the 1920s and 1930s, discusses Harvard Business School (HBS) Professors Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger and their contributions to management research at the School and the rise of the Human Relations Movement in management research. The case focuses on an overview of their research program at the Western Electric Hawthorne Works manufacturing plant between 1927 and 1932, known as the Hawthorne studies, and the resulting insights, publications, course development, and influence on colleagues and research methodology. Brief biographical details of Mayo and Roethlisberger are given, along with a synopsis of early research at HBS and the general history of management studies during the mid-20th century.
涵蓋主題
- Labor
- Teams
- Customer relationship management
- Strategic positioning
- Organizational values
- Labor relations
- Business history
- Trustworthiness
- Employee incentives
- Social and global issues
- Professional networks
- Organizational learning
- Power and influence
- Psychology and neuroscience
- Business education
- Organizational behavior
- R&D
- Self-motivation