Due Date: 27 April 2012 McGregor’s XY Theory In 1960‚ American social psychiatrist‚ Douglas McGregor wrote a book titled ‘The Human Side Of Enterprise’. It was in this book that McGregor first proposed his famous XY theory. McGregor’s XY Theory is a type of motivational management. McGregor’s theory is incredibly simple yet effective. Most of the fundamental elements of the XY Theory rely solely on how the manager views their employees. Even though McGregor’s theory is over fifty years old‚ it
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Theory X And Theory Y? Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y have both their advantages and disadvantages‚ though many would prefer to call them their strengths and weaknesses. The biggest advantage of using Theory X and Theory Y is that they are easy to understand. In addition to this‚ they can help a manager to focus on his thoughts on the different ways in which individuals relate to and carry out work. Although the theories are not used explicitly today‚ due
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Theory X and Theory Y was an idea devised by Douglas McGregor in his 1960 book “The Human Side of Enterprise”. It encapsulated a fundamental distinction between management styles and has formed the basis for much subsequent writing on the subject (Economist. 2015) The theories look at how a manager’s perceptions of what motivate his or her team members affect the way he or she behaves. By understanding how your assumptions about employees’ motivation can influence your management style‚ you can adapt
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The foundation of McGregor’s theory has direct links to Taylor’s study of scientific management: a study of scientific management as a link between human beings and their jobs which in turn need to be re-constructed to maximise efficiency (Waddell et al. 2007‚ p. 43). Many researchers and scholars have developed theories based on the work of F.W. Taylor. McGregor‚ Maslow and others who assisted to improve the view of human relation tried to prove that there is another side to the traditional perspective
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DOUGLAS MCGREGOR FLOW • PROFILE • WHY NOW ? .. • WORKS INTRO HIS STUDY • THEORY-X • THEORY-Y CONCLUSION • RELEVANCE • APPLICATIONS PROFILE-DOUGLAS MC GREGOR (1906-1964) He graduated Wayne State University PHD in Experimental Psychology(Harvard) He was Born Published his Theory of X & Y in the book “Human Side of Enterprise” Death 1906 1932 1935 1960 1964 HIS WORKS • Douglas Mc Gregor is one of the forefathers of contemporary management thinking over
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desire and perceptions can be defined as the present and expected impression of workers’ place in the company.(Dixon‚1997‚p.72) In order to motivate my workers‚ I must know their needs and perceptions. I would choose Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory and Theory X&Y to understand their needs‚ then to motivate them to perform at his or her highest level. According to Maslow‚ a person’s needs are the main motivator that drives a human. He categorized the needs of a person into 5 levels. They are physiological
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McGregor grouped employees hierarchy need into lower-order needs (Theory X) and higher-order needs (Theory Y)‚ and opined that “these two opposing perceptions conjectured how people view human behavior at work and organizational life” (Wambugu‚ 2014). For instance‚ Theory X assumed that management’s role in the organization is to pressurize and control employees to perform based on the insinuation that human beings are
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Theory X: The Traditional View of Direction and Control The article describes a customary perspective of direction and control in management by presenting some assumptions about human nature and behavior‚ and motivation in business. It is assumed that people do not like to take responsibility and they abstain it in every possible ways as a result of human nature. This belief is embraced by some organizations as management strategy. According to this strategy‚ “people who don’t like to work and avoid
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1. What role‚ if any‚ does McGregor’s Theory Y play at Whole Foods? Explain. “McGregor believed managers could accomplish more through others by viewing them as self-energized‚ committed‚ responsible‚ and creative beings” (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2013‚ p. 9). Mackey believes that if his employees are happy‚ customers will be happy‚ which in turn will make investors happy. Therefore‚ nobody is losing because each person can be satisfied and get his or her “piece” of the pie. Based on how Mackey describes
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"The Human Side of Enterprise" and the 1960 book of the same name‚ in which he introduced what came to be called the new humanism. McGregor argued that the conventional approach to managing was based on three major propositions‚ which he called Theory X: 1. Management is responsible for organizing the elements of productive enterprise-money‚ materials‚ equipment‚ and people-in the interests of economic ends. 2. With respect to people‚ this is a process of directing their efforts‚ motivating
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