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Behavioral management theory

MGT 601

The way that employees are treated by management in today society started with a theory

named the behavioral management theory. Over time this theory has been through many changes

that have help management and employees better communicate with one another. For this week

assignment I will be discussing the behavioral management theory with the elements that are the

foundation. I will also discuss the roles and skills of the manager for this theory.

Behavioral manager theory

A man named Robert Owen was one of the first authors to think about employees or individuals

work situation. He is also considered the father of modern personnel management. A journal title

“An Address to the Superintendents of Manufactories” written by Robert Owen talks about

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employees are not machines and should be treated with respect. If employees work in a quality

environment their work productivity would increase. “Owen asserted that the quality and

quantity of workers' output were influenced by conditions both on and off the job”(Plunkett,

2013, p. 43). Many people did not recognize this theory till Mary Parker Follet mentions it again

in the 1920’s.

A psychologist named Elton Mayo helped highlighted behavioral of workers. In the year of 1924

he conducted five studies with the help of National Academy of Sciences their main focus was

on a Western Electric plant in Cicero, Illinois. During these studies it showed how a job social

atmosphere highly influenced productive. “He discovered that when employees were treated with

dignity, in a way that showed concern for their welfare and individuality, commitment and

productivity increased” (Plunkett, 2013 ,p. 43). Also, the studies intensified management’s

attentiveness of social need of workers. Elton Mayo studies presented that social pressures by

coworkers were a major influence on performance.

Abraham Maslow who is a humanistic psychologist came with a theory of motivation that cosign

with behavioral management theory. The focal point of this theory is that a set of basic human

needs serve as the motivation for behavior. “Maslow did not propose that the behaviors

motivated by these needs were also universal. The needs operate on motivation at the

subconscious level, while the resulting behavior is filtered through our conscious evaluation

processes. The expression of the needs into behavior is thus subject to the influences of learning,

tradition, and cultural mores and constraints”( Seeley, 1992, p. 1). In an article titled A Theory of

Human Motivation, Maslow identified and examined five basic human needs which are

physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization.

When Maslow published his article it made managers look at employees in a different light.

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Running head: BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT THEORY 1 Week 1 Assignment Behavioral management theory MGT 601 The way that employees are treated by management in today society started with a theory named the behavioral management theory. Over time this theory has been through many changes that have help management and employees better communicate with one another. For this week assignment I will be discussing the behavioral management theory with the elements that are the foundation. I will also discuss the roles and skills of the manager for this theory. Behavioral manager theory A man named Robert Owen was one of the first authors to think about employees or individuals work situation. He is also considered the father of modern personnel management. A journal title “An Address to the Superintendents of Manufactories” written by Robert Owen talks about Running head: BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT THEORY 2 employees are not machines and should be treated with respect. If employees work in a quality environment their work productivity would increase. “Owen asserted that the quality and quantity of workers' output were influenced by conditions both on and off the job”(Plunkett, 2013, p. 43). Many people did not recognize this theory till Mary Parker Follet mentions it again in the 1920’s. A psychologist named Elton Mayo helped highlighted behavioral of workers. In the year of 1924 he conducted five studies with the help of National Academy of Sciences their main focus was on a We ...
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