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Compare and Contrast

Part A: According to the classical school paradigm, what is the ideal type of organization and why? According to the human resources/relations paradigm, what is the ideal type of organization and why?

IMPORTANT: Use at least 2 main terms/concepts for each paradigm in your answer and underline them.

Part B: How did the Hawthorne Studies shift the paradigm regarding people at work? Use the lessons learned from the Hawthorne Studies to explain the argument made in the following excerpt from an article (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/24/…) in the Washington Post by Glaeser and Cutler (September, 2021):

“People who shift to working from home can temporarily increase the amount of work they get done in a given day. But over the medium to long term, long-distance employment can’t deliver key benefits — including learning and new friendships — that come from face-to-face contact. In-person work fosters innovation, the effects of which on productivity almost certainly exceed the gains from working harder at home for possibly unsustainable stretches. An even slightly higher growth rate once people return to offices will quickly outpace the one-time gain from saved commuting time.”