Neo- Classical Theory ( Evolution of Management )

George Elton Mayo

George Elton Mayo, social theorist and industrial psychologist, was born on December 26, 1880 in Adelaide, Australia. In 1897 entered the University of Adelaide and finally to the University of Edinburgh where it tried three times to study medicine, discovered that it was not really his thing; So in 1907 he returned to the University of Adelaide where he studied philosophy and psychology. He graduated with was appointed professor in mental and moral philosophy at the University of Queensland. On April 18, 1913 in Brisbane he had married Dorothea McConnel.

The Harvard School appointed him associate professor in 1926 and professor of industrial research in 1929. There he joined research and designed on the personal and social factors that determine the production of work at the Western Electric Co.'s Chicago plant, These famous Hawthorne experiments were pioneering studies in modern social research. May was one of the most influential, though controversial, social scientists of his time.



During the field investigation the hypothesis was formulated "The majority of the students 7 °, 8 ° and 9 ° are aware of who is and the contributions that Elton Mayo gave with their experiments". The universe is composed of 49 subjects (among 7th, 8th and 9th semester students), of whom only the survey was applied to a representative sample of 30 students.

Before applying the surveys it was necessary to find the subjects of investigation, on the one hand the coordinator of the Degree of Business Administration was called the Mtra. Elizabeth Neria Piña , thanks to them we were able to contact certain students; On the other hand we get the support of Elizabeth Sánchez Briseño who is responsible for the Business School (Professional Projection Program) with which different schedules and more students were obtained; Finally the remaining students were reached in the cafeteria.

During the field research there were problems among which are: our universe was very small; Enough surveys were not collected for a representative sample; Had to look at meeting points for students in the last semesters, was a bit complicated. The hypothesis was accepted based on the results of the field research and the objectives both general and specific were fulfilled throughout the research.
To conclude the study, we wanted to highlight the importance of the studies of George Elton Mayo within the school of human relations, since after these employees were treated as human beings and not only as machines, without taking their opinions into account , Feelings or well-being.

LIFETIME:

Social theorist and industrial psychologist, was born on December 26, 1880 in Adelaide, the eldest son of George Gibbes Mayo, rapporteur and later civil engineer, and his wife Henrietta Maria, single Donaldson. Educated at the Queen's School and St. Collegiate School, he lost interest in medicine at the University of Adelaide, and after 1901, in medical schools in Edinburgh and London. In 1903 he went to West Africa, and returned to London, writing articles for magazines and teaching English at the Institute of Man of Work. He returned to Adelaide in 1905 to an association in the printing press of JH Sherring & Co., but in 1907 he returned to university to study philosophy and psychology under (Sir) William Mitchell. He won the Roby Fletcher Prize in Psychology and graduated with honors (BA, 1910; MA, 1926) and was named the scholar David Murray research. In 1911 he became professor of philosophy in the mental and moral foundation at the new University of Queensland and in 1919-23 he held the chair of philosophy first. On April 18, 1913 in Brisbane he had married Dorothea McConnel. In Brisbane Elton May was a public figure, giving a conference of Association Workers Education and serving on the university's war committee. Under the influence of Freud, Jung, and Janet Pierre, he studied the nature of the nervous breakdown and with a Brisbane physician, Dr. TH Mathewson, pioneered the psychoanalytic treatment of war neurosis. His first book, Democracy and Freedom (Melbourne, 1919), stated the basis of his social thought more developed in numerous articles and in his most important works, the human problems of an industrial civilization (New York, 1933) and the social problems of An Industrial Civilization (London, 1945). Observing the troubling levels of industrial conflict and political conflict in Australia, Mayo drew an analogy between war neurosis and the psychological causes of labor disputes. On the basis of social anthropology, he argued that worker morale, or mental health, depends on his perception of the social function of his work. He saw the solution to labor disputes in sociological research and industrial management and not in radical politics.

May left Australia for the United States of America in 1922. A Rockefeller scholarship allowed him, as an associate researcher at the University of Wharton School of Pennsylvania, to investigate staff turnover in a textile mill. This work attracted the attention of the Harvard School of Business Administration, where he was appointed associate professor in 1926 and professor of industrial research in 1929. There he joined the research and designed the personal and social factors that determine the production of work At the Western Electric Co.'s Chicago plant, these famous Hawthorne experiments were pioneering studies in modern social research. May was one of the most influential, though controversial, social scientists of his time.


In 1947 he retired from Harvard to England, where he died in Guildford, Surrey, on 1 September 1949; A man of short stature, who smoked too much, who had suffered from chronic hypertension. His wife and two daughters survived him. The Elton May School of Management in Adelaide was developed as a tribute to him.
Dr. Helen Mayo was her sister. His brother, Sir Herbert (1885-1972) became a Supreme Court Justice of South Australia and President of the Australian Law Council. Another brother, John Christian (1891-1955), was a prominent radiotherapist and surgeon Adelaide and another sister Mary Penelope Mayo, MA, (1889-1969) was an early historian of Adelaide.