Thepurposeoftheresults
Ingeneral,thepurposeoftheexperimentistofindouttherelationshipbetweenthetransformationofwelfarebenefitsandproductionefficiency.However,aftermorethantwoyearsofexperiments,ithasbeenfoundthatnomatterhowthewelfarebenefitsarechanged(includingchangesinwagepaymentmethods,increasesordecreasesinpreferentialmeasures,andincreasesordecreasesinresttime,etc.),itdoesnotaffectthecontinuousincreaseinoutput,andevenworkersthemselveshaveanimpactonproductionefficiency.Thereasonfortheincreaseisalsounclear.
Mayoandtheotherssummarizedtheexperimentalresultsandeliminatedfourhypotheses:(1)Improvingthematerialconditionsandworkingmethodsintheexperimentcanleadtoanincreaseinoutput;(2)ArrangingbreaksandshorteningworkDayscanrelieveorreducefatigue;(3)Breakscanreducethemonotonyofwork;(4)Individualpieceratecanpromotetheincreaseofoutput.
Afterfurtheranalysis,itisfoundthatthemainreasonsleadingtotheincreaseinproductionefficiencyareasfollows:1.Thehonorofparticipatingintheexperiment.Atthebeginningoftheexperiment,thesixfemaleworkerswhoparticipatedintheexperimentwerecalledintotheminister'sofficetotalk,andtheythoughtitwasagreathonor.Thisshowsthatthesenseofpridethatisvaluedcanobviouslypromotepeople'senthusiasm.2.Goodrelationshipbetweenmembers.Finally,itisconcludedthat"changesinsupervisionandcontrolmethodscanimproveinterpersonalrelationships,improveworkers'workingattitudes,andpromoteproduction."