The X Theory and Y Theory Douglas McGregor‚ a social psychologist‚ introduced us to his famous X-Y Theory in his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise. Theory X and Theory Y are most commonly referred to in the field of management and employee motivation. McGregor’s theories‚ although over 40 years old‚ remain a basic principle from which to develop positive management. Both the X and the Y theories begin with the premise that management’s role is to assemble the factors of production. Theory
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Comparison and Contrast on Theory XY and Z Douglas McGregor suggested that there are two different ways in which we can look at workers attitudes toward work. Each of these views‚ which McGregor called Theory X and Theory Y‚ has implications for management. Theory X (’authoritarian management’ style) -People do not really like to work and will avoid it if at all possible so they must be coerced‚ controlled‚ directed‚ threatened with punishment to get them to work. -The average worker avoids
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The author of this newspaper article is Sarah Ali. She was a foreign traveler to the United States in 2010 and wrote for her newspaper back home in Turkey about slavery. In American history‚ slavery is a significant and interesting subject. Slavery was a legal foundation of human chattel enslavement in the United States. African American was the most common and during that time people had the right to buy‚ sell‚ and own someone forever. It is important to know how slavery began. According to some
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(Wong 246). Wong originally found her dull compared to Barbie (Wong 247). As the essay continues‚ Wong realizes that this black-haired doll she disliked actually looked like her‚ while the more "prettier"‚ blond Barbie looked like Wong’s best friend‚ Sarah. This is the point of comparing. (Wong 248). In the end‚ I think the message this essay was trying to give was that what you can be is more important than already looking pretty. Wong probably organized this essay the way she did because she wanted
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Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas is a Spanish writer and poet during the Golden Era of Spanish writing‚ Siglo de Oro. He was an accomplished poet who had written some of the best works of Castilian arts. He wrote works filled with seriousness‚ philosophy‚ satire‚ and has the ability to express the familiarity he had with the lower class. He attacked the many literary styles of his time period‚ starting with his enemy Luis de Gongora. Quevedo was born on September 17th‚ 1580 in Madrid‚ Spain
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The Sarah Bartmaan video today had some very shocking mistreatment of African Americans. I don’t understand how Europeans could justify their actions of treating another human being like that. Also to know that people still went to see her pickled remains for almost a century after her death showed that it was more than one person that contributed to this. People thought that African Americans were a different species and weren’t even human. We can also see this in our society today. I grew up outside
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McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y style of leadership and consider the types of organizations in which each style of leadership might be most appropriate. Douglas McGregor devised his concept of Theory X and Theory Y in the USA in the 1950’s using a survey of managers‚ which he then proposed in his book‚ ‘The Human Side of Enterprise’ in the 1960’s. Theory X states that a manager distrusts his subordinates‚ believes they don’t enjoy work and therefore must be controlled. Theory Y‚ on the other hand‚ speculates
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Dear Mrs. Budesa and Mrs. Engel‚ the book I read is That Summer‚ by Sarah Dessen. In the book That Summer Haven who is 15 years old finds out that her dad is getting re- married to a woman she doesn´t like. Her sister Ashley whom she was really close with when they were growing up‚ is getting married and is moving out with her husband. Meanwhile Haven is worried because Ashley is known for having many boyfriends and then breaking up with them. Haven is also not getting any support from her dad
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Table Of Contents Applicant: AltaMed Health Services Corporation Application Number: YEP2014001117 Project Title Escalera Workforce Program Status: Review in Progress Online Forms 1. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance Version 2 • (Upload #1): SF424_2_1-1238-Additional Congressional Districts.docx • (Upload #2): SF424_2_1-1236-Cities affected for SF424.docx • (Upload #3): ProjectNarrativeAttachments-Attachments-1235-YEP II Narrative FINAL SUBMISSION.pdf • (Upload #4): SF424_2_1-AdditionalProjectTitle-1237-AltaMed
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Successful Management of a Diverse Workforce Being successful at managing workforce diversity involves attracting and retaining the highest quality individuals in the talent pool. For managers it means learning how to manage human potential sensitively. It requires an ever-increasing awareness of how people from different backgrounds deal with authority‚ communication‚ overall business etiquette‚ and relate to their communities of affiliation. Successful management of workforce diversity is a process that
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