Answer to Question #305613 in Management for nik

Question

Your team members need some change in behaviour, you discussed this with your

friend John. John recommends Law of Effects he felt it works on humans very strongly.

John couldn’t remember the theory. Could you predict which theory is John referring

to, who proposed this theory. Which four methods can be used in this theory for

controlling behaviour of employees?

Answer 1

John is referring to the behavioral theory which was proposed by Edward L. Thorndike, methods that can be used by the behavioral theory are classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning.