Question

If managers were to implement lessons learned from the Hawthorne Studies, they would

Question 23 options:

1)	eliminate informal groups as they are relatively unimportant.

2)	pay workers a higher wage as it would cause them to increase their production.

3)	have managers who used the Theory X principles.

4)	pay more attention to employees.

5)	change the specific pay scheme from hourly to piece-rate.

Answer 1

From the conclusions of Hawthorne studies, which mainly focused on improving the employees productivity with an impact on the social and psychological feelings of employees, it concluded that, informal groups will have more impact on employees than formal groups of association. And also Hawthorne studies didn't even focus on the wages part.

So if managers are to implement lessons learnt from Hawthorne studies, then,

4) pay more attention to employees

is the correct answer.