Managing Human Resources in Projects
Master of Business Administration-MBA Semester III
Course: Master of Business Administration
Subject: Managing Human Resources in Projects
Subject Code – PM0013
Semester: III
Assignment No: 1239
Date of Submission at the Learning Centre: 06/12/2010
ASSIGNMENTS – Set 1
Q.1 Write short notes on
a. McGregor’s theory
b. Maslow’s Theory
c. Precedence diagramming method Staffing Management Plan
d. Dependency determination
McGregor’s Theory
McGregor’s Theory X and Y are appealing to managers and dramatically demonstrate the divergence in management viewpoints toward employees. As such, Theory X and Y have been extremely helpful in promoting management understanding of supervisory styles and employee motivational assumptions.
There are two aspects of McGregor’s Theory:
· X theory
· Y theory
X theory:
1. Employees normally do not like to work and will try to avoid it
2. Since employees do not like working, they have to be coerced, controlled, directed and threatened with punishment to motivate them to work
3. The average employee is lazy, shuns responsibility, is not ambitious, needs direction and principally desires security
Y theory:
1. Work is as natural as play and therefore people desire to work
2. Employees are responsible for accomplishing their own work objectives
3. Comparable personal rewards are important for employee commitment to achieve work goals
4. Under favorable conditions, the average employee will seek and accept responsibility
5. Employees can be innovative in solving organizational problems
6. Most organizations utilize only a small proportion of their employees’ abilities
Maslow’s theory:
The focus on human influences in organizations was reflected most noticeably by the integration of Abraham Maslow’s "hierarchy of human needs" into organization theory.
Maslow’s theories have two important implications for organization theory:
1. People have different needs and are
Course: Master of Business Administration
Subject: Managing Human Resources in Projects
Subject Code – PM0013
Semester: III
Assignment No: 1239
Date of Submission at the Learning Centre: 06/12/2010
ASSIGNMENTS – Set 1
Q.1 Write short notes on
a. McGregor’s theory
b. Maslow’s Theory
c. Precedence diagramming method Staffing Management Plan
d. Dependency determination
McGregor’s Theory
McGregor’s Theory X and Y are appealing to managers and dramatically demonstrate the divergence in management viewpoints toward employees. As such, Theory X and Y have been extremely helpful in promoting management understanding of supervisory styles and employee motivational assumptions.
There are two aspects of McGregor’s Theory:
· X theory
· Y theory
X theory:
1. Employees normally do not like to work and will try to avoid it
2. Since employees do not like working, they have to be coerced, controlled, directed and threatened with punishment to motivate them to work
3. The average employee is lazy, shuns responsibility, is not ambitious, needs direction and principally desires security
Y theory:
1. Work is as natural as play and therefore people desire to work
2. Employees are responsible for accomplishing their own work objectives
3. Comparable personal rewards are important for employee commitment to achieve work goals
4. Under favorable conditions, the average employee will seek and accept responsibility
5. Employees can be innovative in solving organizational problems
6. Most organizations utilize only a small proportion of their employees’ abilities
Maslow’s theory:
The focus on human influences in organizations was reflected most noticeably by the integration of Abraham Maslow’s "hierarchy of human needs" into organization theory.
Maslow’s theories have two important implications for organization theory:
1. People have different needs and are