The old days, hot groups, and managers' lib
By: LEAVITT, Harold J
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ArticlePublisher: Ithaca : Johnsnon Graduate School of Management, June 1996Administrative Science Quarterly 41, 2, p. 288-300Abstract: This essay describes McGrego's group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the foties and the group at Carnegie's Graduate Scholl of Industrial Administration in the sixties, both of which showed the lively, task-obsessed characteristics of "hot groups". Both totally occupied the hearts and minds of their participants, both held to high standards, and both were arise in many others places, they have long been suppressed within traditional organizations. Now they are beginning to sprout even in those unwelcoming environments, as the fast-changing world forces organizations to loosen structures and liberate managers. Researchers might well study the conditions supportive of hot groups' growth in large organizations, including our academic institutions
This essay describes McGrego's group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the foties and the group at Carnegie's Graduate Scholl of Industrial Administration in the sixties, both of which showed the lively, task-obsessed characteristics of "hot groups". Both totally occupied the hearts and minds of their participants, both held to high standards, and both were arise in many others places, they have long been suppressed within traditional organizations. Now they are beginning to sprout even in those unwelcoming environments, as the fast-changing world forces organizations to loosen structures and liberate managers. Researchers might well study the conditions supportive of hot groups' growth in large organizations, including our academic institutions
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