Mawthorne Human Relations Theory

The Hawthorne study was an experiment done by Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger during the 1920’s. The experiment was based on physiological details of human behavior in a work environment. The study stated that workers are not only motivated by economical needs but also social and psychological needs are important. The human relations movement is mainly focused on determination, leadership and the coordination of workers. The theory looked into whether workers would perform better due to the improvements in environmental conditions such as lightening and the results were surprising. The two theorists found out that workers cared more about teamwork, they cared more about whom they were grouped with and the interest their managers had in their works. Workers were mainly interested in what their managers thought of their work, they wanted to be appreciated and encouraged to do

The theorists concluded by saying that workers are not only motivated by money but also care about social factors as mentioned above.

Maslow stated that people are always motivated to achieve their needs and they tend to achieve them one by one. He created a five-stage pyramid model that was arranged according to the needs. The model was arranged with Self-actualization at the top then Esteem, social, safety and psychological followed in order. He said that the lower needs like psychological and safety were supposed to be fulfilled before one tries to fulfill the higher level needs such as Self actualization. Lets start with Self Actualization, Maslow said that people grow physiologically as time goes by and as this happens even the opportunities available tend to grow but there are very few people who reach the level of self actualization because this is the level where tent to have needs such as justice, wisdom and truth. Esteem needs are needs such as self-respect, self-esteem, reputation and social status. A person will want all of