1. How would you react to your grandfather’s comments if you were John?
2. Do you think John’s grandfather understood and interpreted the Hawthorne Studies correctly?
3. He has gone through the various phases of business over the years, but obviously has not moved into modern times in terms of his own perspective and where he thinks his grandson is coming from.
4. How would you explain to your grandfather the new perspective that is needed and how the study of an evidence-based approach to organizational behavior will help one to be successful in the new paradigm?