GK
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Question
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Elton Mayo
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F.J. Roethlisberger
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George A. Pennock
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hawthorne engineers led by George Pennock were the primary researchers for the relay-assembly tests, originally intended to take place for only a few months. Six women operators volunteered for the study and two more joined the test group in January 1928.
Detailed explanation-2: -Illumination experiments were undertaken to find out how varying levels of illumination (amount of light at the workplace, a physical factor) affected the productivity. The hypothesis was that with higher illumination, productivity will increase.
Detailed explanation-3: -His most famous work was associated with the Hawthorne Studies. The Hawthorne Studies involved human behavior research at the Hawthorne Western Electric plant. It is from these studies that Mayo developed his theory of management.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Hawthorne Effect refers to the fact that people will modify their behavior simply because they are being observed. The effect gets its name from one of the most famous industrial history experiments that took place at Western Electric’s factory in the Hawthorne suburb of Chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s.