Elton Mayo: The Humanist Temper

ISBN-13: 9781138522756 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 400 str.

Richard C. S. Trahair; Abraham Zaleznik

Opis

This definitive biography of the life and work of Elton Mayo (1880-1949)  is the accurate account of his activities and his intimate life; it traces the origins of his ideas. Mayo, who established the scientific study of organizational behavior, was highly influential in American social science and business management theory.

Spis treści

1: Mayo Family in Adelaide, 1880–1893; 2: Early Failures, 1893–1904; 3: Education and Career, 1905–1911; 4: Early Years in Queensland, 1911–1913; 5: Career, Family, and Friends, 1914–1919; 6: War, Politics, and the New Psychology, 1914–1919; 7: Professor, Clinician, and Lecturer, 1919–1921; 8: Crises and Career, 1919–1921; 9: To America, 1922–1923; 10: Industrial Studies in Philadelphia; 11: Philadelphia to Harvard; 12: Harvard 1926–1932: Early Research and Associates; 13: Harvard 1926–1932: Teaching, Clinical Work, Writing, and Travel; 14: Mayo at the Hawthorne Works: 1928–1931; 15: Collaboration at the Hawthorne Works: 1929–1932; 16: Hawthorne Reported and Early Criticism: 1932–1942; 17: Family and the Clinic: 1932–1942; 18: Collaboration: 1932–1942; 19: Personal and Political Problems: 1932–1942; 20: Last Years at Harvard: 1942–1947; 21: Retirement and Death in England: 1947–1949; 22: The Character and Contributions of Elton Mayo

O autorze

Richard C. S. Trahair, Abraham Zaleznik