HW 2 MG

Week 2 Assignment

You are to Prepare answers to the following questions based on the information in the text. Throughout this course, the primary source of information to answer homework questions should be the text book.  Each question has the same point value.

• Discuss the original purpose of the Hawthorne studies as opposed to what they they ended up showing.  make a list of points illustrated by the Hawthorne Studies.
• Discuss McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y.  What are the important limitations of each?
• Discuss the similarities and differences in the findings of the Ohio State Leadership Studies and the Michigan Leadership Studies.
• Compare and contrast Scientific management and the Human Relations Movement.