For some further reading on one of Australia’s premier business theorists, Elton Mayo, have a look at this link and this link

Here are some questions on Behavioural Management taken from the 2004 paper. Try answering these and put your answers in the comments of this post so that other people can add to your answer or provide alternative suggestions.

Question 22 (10 marks)

(a) Identify TWO distinctive features of behavioural management theory.

(b) Describe ONE strength and ONE weakness of the behavioural approach to management.

(c) Identify TWO changing work patterns and explain how business responses to management theories have catered for these changes.