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| Course Title: |
Groups and Group Effectiveness |
| School: |
Stonebridge Associated Colleges (UK)
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| Description: |
Taylor suggested that workers were fundamentally economic animals. He also suggested that systematic soldiering, where workers came together to hold down production, would be cured when managers began to do their jobs properly, that is, to relate directly to each worker and satisfy his or her personal self-interest. For, as Watson (1987) put it, Taylorism suggests that each worker is ‘...a self-seeking, non-social individual who prefers the management to do their job-related thinking for them. There has been a volte face in management thought on both counts. Indeed, it has been observed that the writings of Mayo created a cult of the group. We are now able, to put the importance of groups into their proper perspective while still recognising that they are an essential feature of organisational work patterns. One of our purposes in this course is to make this clear. Work is a social activity. There are many organisational goals that cannot be achieved by members acting independently. |
| Learning Format: |
Entirely Online
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| Education Level: |
Continuing Education |
| Language: |
English |
Cost: |
£60.00 |
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