A number of videos on YouTube summarize the findings of the Hawthorne studies: AT&T Archives:

The year they discovered people (bonus edition); Hawthorne Studies; and Hawthorne Effect. They include original film of the company and the experiments themselves. These studies, now nearly 90 years old, continue to be taught and feature in all management and organizational behaviour textbooks. Watch the videos and decide if the studies were about productivity or employee participation?

Write a report summarizing the continuing relevance of the Hawthorne studies to today’s organizations.202.22