Name Fritz Roethlisberger | ||
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Books Management and the Worker: A, Management and morale, Man‑in‑organization: Essays of F J Roet, Management and the Worker, The elusive phenomena Similar David Aaker, James Abegglen, Russell L Ackoff Born October 29, 1898 Died May 17, 1974 (aged 75) Known for Hawthorne Studies Nationality American | ||
A Brief History of TWI: The Hawthorne Effect
Fritz Jules Roethlisberger (1898 – 1974) was a social scientist, management theorist at the Harvard Business School.
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Biography
Roethlisberger earned the BA in engineering from Columbia University in 1921, the BS in engineering administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1922, and the MA in philosophy from Harvard University in 1925.
Roethlisberger held the following positions at Harvard Business School: Instructor of Industrial Research, 1927-1930; Assistant Professor of Industrial Research, 1930-1938; Associate Professor of Industrial Research, 1938-1946.
In 1937, Roethlisberger and William John Dickson published the first comprehensive findings of the Hawthorne experiments. He also authored Management and the Worker in 1939. The book was voted the tenth most influential management book of the 20th century in a poll of the Fellows of the Academy of Management.
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