Question

Robert Owen is often regarded as the "Father of Personnel Management". Which of the following actions he took in his textile mills best demonstrates his pioneering ideas on human relations in industry?

• A. Implementing an elaborate system of statistical records to monitor factory output.
• B. Urging for a bonus payment to workers based on their individual efficiency.
• C. Advocating for a combination of engineers and economists as industrial managers.
• D. Introducing shorter working hours, housing facilities, and educational opportunities for workers' children.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Introducing shorter working hours, housing facilities, and educational opportunities for workers' children.

• Robert Owen believed that a worker's performance was influenced by their working conditions and how they were treated. He managed a group of textile mills where he applied his ideas of human relations by providing shorter working hours, housing facilities, and education for children. His approach, though considered paternalistic, led to his recognition as the "Father of Personnel Management".