MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

In 2014, the Work and Organization Studies (WOS) Group formed as a merger of the Organization Studies Group (OSG) and the Institute for Work and Employment (IWER). OSG and IWER have long and distinguished histories. OSG has traditionally drawn upon social psychology, sociology, history, and anthropology, whereas IWER has its roots in labor economics and industrial relations. OSG and IWER also share a long tradition of collaboration which includes coauthoring a textbook and co-teaching the core MBA course on "Organizational Processes" that has influenced generations of students and building together a foundation of scholarship at MIT that has shaped much of modern thinking about work and organizations. Our shared history includes Kurt Lewin's founding of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at MIT in the 1940s, Douglas McGregor's challenge to rethink the assumptions underlying how to motivate employees (Theory X and Theory Y) and Charlie Myers' foundational work on industrial..

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Primary location: Cambridge United States