George Elton Mayo (1880-1949) has been widely recognized as the progenitor of the human relations movement in management and his work laid down the fundamentals for modern management and organizational thinking.Mayo's work highlighted the importance of communication between management and workers and identified the , in our days somehow-accepted notion that work satisfaction, and therefore productivity, lies in recognition, security, and a sense of belonging, rather than monetary rewards. His findings were contrary to the theories of his contemporaries that the worker is motivated solely by self-interest (e.g. Taylorism). Mayo's work on human motivation revolutionized the theory and practice of management into our current days, is it worthwhile and because we are cruising some very hard troubled waters to reflect a bit on Elton Mayo´s theory ? What do You think ?
