4. Carefully select workers who possess skills and abilities that match the needs of the task, and train them to perform the task according to the established rules and procedures.
George Elton Mayo (1880 -1949)
Mayo had discovered a fundamental concept. Working places should be like as a social environments and good relationship should be maintained between all the workers. People are motivated by much more than self-interest.
Mayo concluded that workers are best motivated by: Better communication between managers and workers
Greater manager involvement in employees working lives
Working in groups or teams.
In practice therefore businesses should re-organise production to encourage greater use of team working and introduce personnel departments to encourage greater manager involvement in looking after employees’ interests. His theory most closely fits in with a paternalistic style of management. Working places should be like as a social environments and good relationship should be maintained between all the workers. People are motivated by much more than self-interest
George Elton Mayo (1880 -1949)
Mayo had discovered a fundamental concept. Working places should be like as a social environments and good relationship should be maintained between all the workers. People are motivated by much more than self-interest.
Mayo concluded that workers are best motivated by: Better communication between managers and workers
Greater manager involvement in employees working lives
Working in groups or teams.
In practice therefore businesses should re-organise production to encourage greater use of team working and introduce personnel departments to encourage greater manager involvement in looking after employees’ interests. His theory most closely fits in with a