Question

difference between rational economic man model and organisational man model​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Rational Economic Man:

From the organisational perspective, managers had, for a long time, viewed their employees as rational beings who are primarily motivated by money. They took the ‘ECONOMIC MAN’ and ‘RATIONAL MAN’ approach to understand and predict the human behaviour. This model is based on classical organisation theorry

2. Social Man:

With the passage of time, the advocates of human relations school recognized that there is a lot more to human behaviour than just being social man economic and rational. Advocates of this school considered the worker as a social man. They recognized that man is a part of the social group he is influenced by the social forces and seeks satisfaction of the needs which are related to the maintenance of his social relationships. Eltan Mayo conceived the concept of the social man when he carried out Hawthorne studies during 1927-32.

3. Organisational Man:

Organisation man is an extension of social man. The concept of organisation man was introduced by William Whyte. He believed that it is very important for a person to be loyal to the organisation and cooperative with the fellow workers. Any person who believes in this value system and acts in this way is an organisation man. The basis of this concept is and that every individual should sacrifice his individuality for the sake of the group and the organisation.