Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 31, 2018

This was seen in a study called the Hawthorne Effect , which was run by Elton Mayo at Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works factory, outside of Chicago, IL, in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of workplace conditions on individual productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

The “Hawthorne effect,” as it is now known, has been well-documented in social science : individuals, typically research subjects, actively change their behavior when they know they are being observed and monitored. Creating more quiet work spaces that facilitate focus on clinical tasks may also be effective.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

An estimated 21% of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to companies, and yet to date there is scant research on how to make firm operations more efficient in terms of reducing pollution. Challenging captains to meet higher performance targets proved to be the most cost-effective intervention.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2017

Checklists describe several standard critical processes of care that many operating rooms typically implement from memory. In a paper published in 2009 , Alex Haynes and colleagues examined the use and effectiveness of checklists in eight hospitals in eight cities in the Unites States. following the introduction of checklists.

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