April 13, 1931, G.A. Pennock sent C.W. Bergquist a report titled: An Account of the Work of the Industrial Research Division. The Industrial Research Division was established in January, 1929 to centralize the test room study, the employee...
Three documents, two letters and one detailed report. First, Elton Mayos letter to G.A. Pennock dated February 9, 1931, concerning the status of the Western Electric experiments and the importance of studying how fatigue, morale, preoccupation...
Policies of the administration, Change, Control Methods, Budgets, Marketing, Scientific management, Mail sales, Merchandising, Distribution, Piece Work, Group Piece Work, Day Work, Standardized shop methods, Time study, Prison labor, Trade Unions
Achievement, business achievement, investigation of businesses, investigation of financing proposals, use of industrial psychology as a management tool
Case histories of the five operators and layout operators of the relay assembly test room. The histories are forms covering the test subjects family connections, personal qualities, home and community environment, and work history. Following these...
Case study of a relay assembly test room operator who was taken off the study because of her antagonistic attitude. The change in her behavior could be due to her poor health condition, perhaps anemia. Included are some of her health statistics...
Case study of a group of young female employees. This group of young female employees formed cliques, talked, and was a problem for their supervisors. The girls claimed they did not know how to do their jobs, they needed more supervision, they...
Letters addressing a case study entitled The Girl Who Talked Too Much and two versions of this case study. In a department which had previously encouraged talking, a woman employee was moved three times for talking, but was not told to stop...
Telephone conversations between Dr. Edwin A. Locke and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Locke questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Edwin A. Locke and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Locke questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Edwin A. Locke and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Locke questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Edwin A. Locke and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Locke questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Worthy questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James Worthy and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Worthy questions and he responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. James Worthy and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Worthy questions and he responded.
Counseling record, entitled: Counseling in a group situation, by Phyllis Dodds. It contains detailed descriptions about the interviews, conversations, observations, as well as counselors own impressions, feelings, etc. which happened during the...
Report concerning the employee interview program conducted by Hawthorne Works Inspection Branch. Included are the plans for the study with purpose and procedure. Also contained is a summary outline, and interviews with representative employees...
Study of a counselors work. It lists numerous employees, their problems, results from speaking with the counselor, whether they improved as a result of counseling, and their supervisors feelings about their improvement. It also lists employees who...
Several reports, memoranda, and letters. It includes two copies of a preliminary report concerning the experiment in personnel counseling by which Personnel Man would interview employees and supervisors in an attempt to find problems in his...
Discusses the study spaces available within University Libraries and provides information about locating resources to help improve study skills. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu
Discusses the study spaces available within University Libraries and provides information about locating resources to help improve study skills. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu
Discusses the group study rooms in Bizzell Memorial Library, which students can reserve for free at the circulation desk. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu/help/kb/?article=847
Discusses the group study rooms in Bizzell Memorial Library, which students can reserve for free at the circulation desk. For more information: http://libraries.ou.edu/help/kb/?article=847
Pamphlet summarizing the six years of research at Western Electrics Hawthorne Works. The research began in 1924 with a study of the relationship between light and production. That study showed that research in human relations could not be...
Two documents, both of which concern illumination studies, are presented. The first is a report on the illumination study at Hawthorne, which began Nov. 24, 1924 and ended April 30, 1927. In this study, candles of various lengths were introduced...
Collection of miscellaneous documents, both typewritten and handwritten, pertaining to the Hawthorne project and the results obtained from the study. Based on data collected from 1928-1940. Included are transcripts of speeches, summary documents...
Typewritten research report which presents background information on the company and how it is viewed by the community, analyzes the data collected about personnel counseling, and provides discussion about what impact this study will have on the...