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4-1 Discussion The Human Relations School

4-1 Discussion The Human Relations School

Q The Hawthorne studies were conducted from 1924 to 1933 at the Western Electric Hawthorne plant in Cicero, Illinois, in order to investigate the importance of a variety of physical, economic, and social variables in the workplace. Of great importance are the illumination studies (1924 to 1927). In your own words, discuss the results of the studies.

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The Hawthorne study has shed light on the illumination investigations that focused on developing important hypothesis. The illumination study has helped in understanding that the employees are responsive to the social factors such as effectiveness of team work and physical factors such the overall infrastructure of the office. All these affect the productivity of the personnel thus the employer need to ensure that at the workstation of each of its employees are properly maintained (Mumby, 2013).