Productivity And The Self Fulfilling Prophecy - The Pygmalion Effect

Duration: 30 0:30:00

Genre: Educational

Creator: McGraw-Hill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates how a manager's expectations can dramatically improve a worker's performance., Uses animation and live action to discuss R. K. Merton's concept of the Pygmalion Effect--that expectations have a strong influence, even a determining influence, on results. Provides examples from business situations which examine the variety of effects certain expectations may have on the productivity of individuals., Explains how a manager's expectations alone can actually influence a worker's performance.

Complete Record: Demonstrates how a manager's expectations can dramatically improve a worker's performance., Uses animation and live action to discuss R. K. Merton's concept of the Pygmalion Effect--that expectations have a strong influence, even a determining influence, on results. Provides examples from business situations which examine the variety of effects certain expectations may have on the productivity of individuals., Employs interviews with authorities, animated sequences, and live action vignettes in organizational settings to present the theory and practical applications of the Pygmalion effect--the influence that one's expectations have on others' behavior. Demonstrates that an understanding of this effect is vital to modern management., , , Explains how a manager's expectations alone can actually influence a worker's performance.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.