Questions

2. What were the principal findings of the "Hawthorne" experiments (in the late 1920s and early 1930s) and how did they subsequently influence organization theory and application in American public administration? What did these findings suggest about practices of leadership, motivation, and supervision of employees that were current at the time?

6. What is the central theme or purpose of organization theory? How can the various theories of organization be applied within the context of public administration to better achieve the goals of public agencies?

10. Why have organizational decentralization and greater employee participation become more widespread? What are the positive and negative consequences of this twenty-first century Internet-driven megatrend?