9: Summary of Episode 9 on Hawthorne Studies

This is a summary of our discussion of Elton Mayo's Social Problems of an Industrial Civilization - a second text from the famous Hawthorne Studies. Listen to Miranda cover the key points of the book and of our discussion from the full episode!

Summaries are designed to deliver an overview of TAOP Episodes, or as stand-alone teaching and learning tools. They are useful both if you are a professional looking to refresh your memory about the particulars of this management theory, or if you are a student looking to get some background information to better understand your course content. Either way - check this out and let us know what you think and how we can best develop this new segment going forward!

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