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This 5 page paper describes the Hawthorne Effect observed by Elton Mayo and uses it as the basis to argue that people tend to perform better when they’re under observation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Question: Do People Work Harder When Theyre Being Watched? Research
Compiled by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Do people work harder when they know theyre
being watched? The obvious answer would seem to be yes, because no one wants the boss to think theyre "goofing off." This paper considers this question using the results of
the Hawthorne experiments as basis for arguing that in general, people do work harder when they are being observed. Discussion Some of the earliest formal work on the connection between
the way workers manage their time and their productivity was done by Frederick Taylor. Taylor wrote a book entitled The Principles of Scientific Management; it appeared in 1911 and described
how applying scientific methods to work could improve productivity (Frederick Taylor and scientific management, 2010; hereafter "Taylor, 2010"). Before this, work was done by "skilled craftsmen who had learned their
jobs in lengthy apprenticeships" (Taylor, 2010). Scientific management did away with this concept and instead turned these painstakingly learned crafts into a "series of simplified jobs that could be performed
by unskilled workers who easily could be trained for the tasks" (Taylor, 2010). Taylor became interested in worker productivity when he observed "gross inefficiencies" in steel workers performance
(Taylor, 2010). They were "soldiering," based on three factors: first, they feared that if they did their jobs well, fewer workers would be needed and jobs would be eliminated (Taylor,
2010). Second, there was no financial incentive to work harder; workers were paid the same no matter how much they produced (Taylor, 2010). Finally, workers wasted a lot of time
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