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The Power of Interest and Attention - Your Mega Watt Tool for Success

Management Craft

I am doing some research into the Hawthorne studies (Western Electric Company, 1929-1932, studies so named because the research took place at the plant in Hawthorne, just outside Chicago) and came across this great quote. The need to set goals and measure performance is not an adequate excuse to overmanage or overboss people.