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By the end of the First World War the mechanistic approach to organisations was well established. Man was little more than a machine, and given the appropriate amount of light and heat, a pleasant colour scheme and a breathable atmosphere, a worker would automatically function well.
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© 1978 Macmillan Publishers Limited
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Webb, C. (1978). The Needs of the Individual. In: People and Communication. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81461-9_6
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