Elton Mayo: The Humanist Temper

ISBN-13: 9781412805247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 400 str.

Richard C. S. Trahair; Abraham Zaleznik

Opis

The definitive biography of the life and work of Elton Mayo (1880-1949) is the first full, accurate account of the activities and intimate life of one of Australia and America's pioneering social scientists. Mayo, who established the scientifi c study of organizational behavior, was highly infl uential in American social science and business management theory, following his work at the Harvard Business School and the Western Electric Company.

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