the contributions of mayo aer immensely useful not only to the industrial sector but also in the administrative system of a state,particularly in the case of bureaucracy. his work also paved the way for adequate communication system between the lower rungs of the organisation and the higher levels. his main emphasis was on the individual well-being with the help of social skills in organisations. the total contribution of mayo is such a phenomenon that he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of human relations concept in the administrative thought. he was a behavioural scientist long before the term became popular. taken as a whole , the significance of hawthorne investigations by mayo was in 'discovering' the informal organisation, which it is now realised, exists in all organisations. the importance of group affecting the behaviour of workers at work was brilliantly analysed through these experiments.