Human nature and organizational realities

Duration: 25

Year Published: 1967

Creator: BNA Films.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Experiments in redesigning routine jobs to motivate individuals at the lower levels of an organization. Analysis of the alienated worker and the human tendency to fear change and responsibility. Studies in management decision making. How to improve action or T-group training. Research of Chris Argyis., Presents Dr. Chris Argyris analyzing the need for a change in management's attitude toward the motivation and productivity of the rank and file worker. Suggests that apathy and lack of effort on the part of the lower-level employee are not so much a matter of laziness as they are normal, healthy reactions to an unhealthy working environment. Relates how interpersonal relationships can be improved through laboratory training sessions. Restricted to use by educational institutions.