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Management theories could be traced in 1800s during the industrial revolution and factory growth time (Bartol, Tein, Matthews, Ritson & Scott-Ladd 2006, p.16). The history of management viewpoint is partly involved in developing understanding about the norms of behaviour in the workplace. In fact, the Hawthorne studies did a lot of contributes to that. It also altered the focus of management study, in contrast with the classical management. This essay is trying to demonstrate that how the Hawthorne studies contribute to developing understanding about the norms of behaviour in the workplace and find out researchers’ experience of how group relationships have influenced work performance.

Between 1924 and 1933, a series of the Hawthorne studies was conducted by researchers, including Elton Mayo, of the Hawthorne Works which belonged to the Western Electric Company. Scientists attempted to determine the relation between work environment and productivity over the series of the......

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