peter drucker criticised human relationists for their lack of awareness of economic dimension. he felt that the harvard group neglected the nature of work and instead focused on interpersonal relations. mayo was criticised for his sentimental concentration on the members of an organisation to the neglect of its work and purposes, and a general softness and lack of direction. he was criticised as encouraging a paternalistic domination of the private lives and even the private thoughts of individuals by their employers. the critics argue that there was no place in mayo's philosophy for conflict, and he sought to achieve organisational harmony through the subordination of individual and the group interests by the administrative elite.