2007-08-14 14:22:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Yes. Back in the day, 1969, when I was a student at San Jose State, I had a student job on the line at a General Motors assembly plant in Fremont.
It was a loud environment but they kept generic music piped in all the time. When they shut down the line and we went to lunch, we were naturally a little sluggish afterward. "They" piped in fast tempo, upbeat music right after lunch just to get us back up to speed.
It was kind of hokey and everyone knew that we were being "controlled", but I don't know if it was effective or not. I suspect that things like that were the bright ideas of new management, and that they never really worked as well as the human-engineers would have claimed. Subliminal methods may or may not have a desired effect, but I'd bet that most of that "science" is urban myth.
2007-08-14 14:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but, the idea has some appeal if you believe that it's possible: imagine if you could keep your employees focused on task so that they didn't waste any time, your piece count would go way up and maybe they would even enjoy the work more?
2007-08-14 21:30:57 · answer #2 · answered by helprhome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repetitive isolated tasks and putting down people is a form of thought control, isn't it?
2007-08-14 21:29:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wal-Mart uses forms of thought control over their hour;y employees. other than that, I don't know about other companies that do. why do you ask?
2007-08-14 21:31:18 · answer #4 · answered by Alicia I 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Not very practical.
2007-08-14 21:27:30 · answer #5 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋