Hawthorne Effect

Behavioral Management Theory is the understanding and response of employee needs to enforce motivation. This theory guides management in a better understanding of the human aspect. It involves management to treat employees as important resources in the workforce. The goal is to raise productivity and to do this by motivating employees. Motivating employees can involve incentives like employee bonuses, promotions, and the collection and redeeming of points for rewards. As the management takes interest in employees, it makes them feel like an important part of the puzzle, and in turn motivates employees to work harder. Like in most cases, if the employees are satisfied and working conditions are good, productivity raises automatically. A theorist by the name of Mayo Hawthorne devised an experiment that allowed a group of telephone line workers to be separated and observed in a private room. The controlled group of employees increased greatly in productivity. This brought the human relations movement that involved management spending time, showing interest, and rewarding employees to increase productivity. Employees felt management was

Knights, D. & Willmott, H. 2007. Introducing organisational behaviour and management. Australia : Thomson, 2007, pp. 344-372.

Studies of motivation and motivation theory provide important information about the ways in which workers can be energized to put forth productive effort. Studies of communication provide direction as to how managers can effectively and persuasively communicate. Studies of leadership and leadership style provide information regarding questions, such as, “What makes a manager a good leader?” and “In what situations are certain leadership styles

According to Spector "behavior comes from both the individual and the organization context in which the individual work. Management needs to appreciate their employee and recognize them for their performance. Employees need to know they are appreciated and when they make a mistake management needs to communicate with them using a calm voice instead of a harsh voice. Management action and interaction with employees affects the organization changes.

Artists create an experience not just a painting. The painting of Jenne-Marguerite Lecadre in a garden shows bold impressionistic movement. Brash brushstrokes create movement within the still landscape. Fawning trees reach to the Heavens. A woman swaddled in a drapery of soft cream and white, stands eclipsed by the tranquility of flora. Calming overtones of floral color transcend beyond the lush backdrop. The powder blue sky creates a warm and serene softness. Spherical garden beds create an enthralling depth to the picture. And the draping shadows conjure a realization that this divine image will may only last a minute second.

Maintaining classical management approaches such as supervisory levels with clearly distinguishable and segmented organisation positions, responsibilities and roles and the appraisal, reward and sanction and of individuals based on achievement of work standards. Behavioural management approaches of Crowe Howarth include

Without wise application of organizational behavior, no manager can consistently manage effectively or efficiently. Such knowledge and ability is foundational to the Master of Business Administration program. It should also be anticipated that many of the topics presented in this course will be studied in much greater depth in

In the 1930's union managers were able to agree that there was a need for new and better ways to handle employees. According to the McGregory Theory X and Y, there are two different ways managers view their employees. In theory X (which is the more outdated theory), managers believed employees needed supervision. They also felt they were, lazy, dis liked work, and that they needed direction. Theory Y indicates, managers vies employees as naturally active, like responsibility, and have self-direction. In order to successfully and progressively run an organization a manager would need to be more of a Theory Y, type of manager.

Physical space can inform researchers on how people interact with that space, and influence social behavior. Applied anthropologists have a very important tool in their practitioner’s toolkit that allows them to disseminate behavior, actions, and help create spaces that will meet the needs of the population using ethnography. Ethnography allows practitioners to use their observational skills to improve the design of a product, landscape, environment, or assist with an infrastructural design based on the needs of the individuals that will access such facilities (Rijsberman 2012). To do so, it is extremely important to know the impact of physical surroundings and environmental behavior and understand that environments have a strong influence on people’s interaction with the physical landscape.

Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) is a vital part of the success of a company. The employee’s thoughts and actions even considering culture are thoroughly analyzed. This idea allows managers to improve not only individual behavior but also group dynamic performances/interactions and workers safety. This theory is considered as a science of the behavior of each employee. The history of OBM started in the 1900’s, with the strong influence of Skinner and Watson. Scientific Behavior began in the workplace, following the applications of behavioral principles to instructional design. Frederick Taylor, another innovative manager was a huge supporter of the scientific method being presented and utilized. Three main areas of OBM application include: Performance Management, Behavioral Systems Analysis, and Behavior-Based Safety. Inside of each area, there are key points to consider. Some would be leadership, decision making, team building, motivation, and job satisfaction. In short, OBM is the study that reviews how organizational structures are an aftermath within companies.

Theoretical frameworks are often used in research to form a background upon which the research is conducted (Cane et al 2012).Theories are created in order to guide the actual research. Therefore, theoretical frameworks are made at the beginning of a research activity. Some of the theories that would be used in the research include the behavioral management theory, leadership theory and change management theory. The behavioral management theory suggests that managers normally consider that their workers are human beings and they use them to achieve their organizational goals. Effective management of the employees makes them feel that they belong to that institution and thus will work hard as well to accomplish the goals of the organization.

Bloisi, W., Cook, C. & Hunsaker, P.(2003). Management and Organisational Behavior: European Edition. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education

Organisational Behaviour (OB) is the study of human behaviour in an organisation. It is a multidisciplinary field devoted to the understanding individual and group behaviour, interpersonal processes and organisational dynamics. OB is important to all management functions, roles and skills. Since organisations are built up levels - individual, group and an organizational system as a whole, it is important for managers to understand human behaviour in order to meet the organizations overall goals. I found several key learning areas that are meaningful, interesting and relevant to my work over the course of studying this unit. These key learning areas have not only expanded and improved my view of organisational behaviour but they also have

The classical management theory focuses on finding the “one best way” to accomplish and manage task (p.37,2008. W.Plunkett, R. Attner, G. Allen). The behavioral management theory recognizes employees as individuals with real human needs. It is very important for the manager to establish trusted relationships and value his/her

Robbins and Judge define organisational behaviour as ‘a method for understanding individual and group behaviour to facilitate organisational performance and effectiveness’ (Robbins and Judge, 2007). Robbins (2003) highlights the importance of managers studying organisational behaviour as this will help them to develop the people skills needed to deal with employers on a day-to-day basis, which is the fundamental aspect of any management role. In fact, organisational behaviour is of huge concern for anyone who organises or supervises the activities of others. There are several influences on organisational behaviour, each of which can impact upon the