Looking Back at Topeka: General Foods and the Quality-of-Work-Life Experiment

The Topeka Pet Food Plant has been one of the most highly publicized examples of organizational innovation in recent times. However, some of the publicity associated with it has been highly misleading. The authors offer a careful reexamination of the development and operation of the plant, outline t...

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Published inCalifornia management review Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 93 - 109
Main Authors Whitsett, David A., Yorks, Lyle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA University of California Graduate School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Management, and Graduate School of Administration 01.07.1983
SAGE Publications
University of California, Graduate Schools of Business Administration
Subjects
Automation
Business innovation
Business management
Compensation plans
Corporations
Corporations (General Foods)
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Employees
Experiments
Food
Human resources
Innovations
Management
Management philosophies
Management principles
Organization development
Organizational
Participatory management
Pet food
Quality of work
Social psychology
Studies
Technological innovation
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Summary:The Topeka Pet Food Plant has been one of the most highly publicized examples of organizational innovation in recent times. However, some of the publicity associated with it has been highly misleading. The authors offer a careful reexamination of the development and operation of the plant, outline the role that publicity has played in its history, and discuss the use of case studies in general.
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ISSN:0008-1256
2162-8564
DOI:10.2307/41165034