Question

Boltz Manufacturing, a parts supplier to the auto industry, has been using the behavioral approach to management for over 100 years. However, since that method of management is too simplistic for practical use, Boltz should begin implementing the newer and more sophisticated human relations movement approach to management, which is the most contemporary approach to management. True or false?

Answer 1

The answer is: False

Step-by-step explanation:

The "behavioral approach o management" and the "human relations movement" are basically the same thing.

The human relations movement was founded by sociologist Elton Mayo in the 1930s after his famous Hawthorne experiments. He would increase or decrease the light intensity in the factory and observed how it affected productivity.

He discovered that after increasing or decreasing lights the productivity always raised. So what really altered productivity was the fact that employees felt that management cared about them.