wanted what was best for the company and its employees. 2) I believe Mary Parker Follett would approve of David Ross’s management style. The reason being is because Follett inspired employees and as a result‚ they all worked together like family. Ross does the same thing by making sure his employees are united and working together as a team. 3) David Ross is a theory Y manager. The reason being is because at first‚ the only reason he loved the Burger Boat business was because of the boats
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According to John Ruskamp‚ an epigraph researcher claims that the symbols carved up on the rock in petrograph national monument in Albuquerque are evidence that ancient Chinese explorers discovered America around 1‚300BC nearly 2‚800 years before Christopher Columbus. Archeologist found what they believe to be a bronze leather buckle and a bronze whistle dating to around 800 AD in Alaska. However‚ bronze was not developed in Alaska at that time and so researchers instead believe it was created in china
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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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Journal of Management Studies 43:1 January 2006 0022-2380 Guest Editors’ Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategic Implications* Abagail McWilliams‚ Donald S. Siegel and Patrick M. Wright College of Business Administration‚ University of Illinois at Chicago; Department of Economics‚ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; School of Industrial and Labor Relations‚ Cornell University We describe a variety of perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR)‚ which
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contemporary Nigerian society: namely early marriage. The study will try to find out its probable causes and effects with particular reference to Akatta‚ a town in Oru-East local government area of Imo state. It is the view of the researcher that early marriage continues to increase daily in spite of the awareness being created by governmental and non-governmental agents over the dangers of early marriage which posses problem to the entire society. The researcher believes that it is relevant to study
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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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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 X assumes
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Platonism is a philosophy which had huge influence upon early Christianity. There are some significant points of disagreement‚ but still the early church fathers found a lot of Truth in Plato. Platonism is a reasoning which had tremendous influence on early Christianity. There are some noteworthy contradictions‚ but at the same time the early church fathers discovered a considerable measure of truth in Plato. He was one of the first rationalists to
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Introduction Human relations means a school of management that emphasizes the importance of social processes in the organization and its core concept is to view workers’ interactions and relationships in companies. The human relations movement stem from the 1930s’ Hawthorne studies thattested the influences of workers’ satisfaction inworkplace (Levitt and List‚ 2011). Furthermore‚ it also leads to the origination of the human resource management. Elton Mayo‚ one of the most important industrial
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In modern organizations‚ there is no need for Theory X elements as propounded by Douglas McGregor. Discuss with relevant examples. Douglas McGregor examined theories on behaviour of individuals and formulated two models which he calls Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X assumes that the average human being has an inherent dislike for work and will avoid it if he can. As A result of their dislike for work‚ most people must be controlled and threatened before they will work hard enough. The
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