Theory X and Theory Y From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article may require copy editing for grammar‚ style‚ cohesion‚ tone‚ or spelling. You can assist by editing it. (October 2014) Theory X and Theory Y are theories of human motivation‚ created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the 1960s‚ that have been used in human resource management‚ organizational behavior‚ organizational communication and organizational development. They describe two contrasting
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this lab was to determine the effects of two unknown drugs on the microtubule pathways in COS-7 cells through the process of immunostaining. METHOD Before arrival‚ the COS-7 cells were grown in culture dishes submerged in a growth medium that contained bovine serum. Two coverslips covered in the COS-7 cells were provided. After washing the coverslip with Phosphate Buffer Saline (PBS)‚ one coverslip was treated with the control solution‚ and the other was treated with
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Theory X and Theory Y After World War II there were several studies performed that ultimately revealed how assumptions about workers’ attitudes and behaviors affect managers’ behavior. In the 1960s one of the most influential approaches was created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School Of Management. He proposed two sets of assumptions about how work attitudes and behaviors not only dominate the way mangers think but also affect how they behave in organizations. He named these
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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Gregor’s Theory X and Y Before explaining Gregor’s theory X and Y‚let me introduce you to motivation. Motivation internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. In other words motivation is the process by which a person’s effort are energized‚directed and sustained toward attaining a goal. In an organization‚ managers need to be ale able to motivate employees
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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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Operations and Supply Chain Management ESMT Case Study British Airways: A Journey in Procurement Transformation Q1 In the case what are the challenges faced by the procurement group in coming 2 years ahead? There are several challenges the procurement group faced between 2004 and 2006. First of all‚ keeping up with the success of the past years‚ especially the cost and performance improvements and also keeping investors happy (constant increase of share price since the beginning of 2003)
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