Douglas Murray McGregor (1906 – 1 October 1964) was a Management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and president of Antioch College from 1948 to 1954.[1] He also taught at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise had a profound influence on education practices. McGregor died‚ aged 58‚ in Massachusetts. In 1994‚ the School of Adult and Experiential Learning at Antioch College was renamed the "McGregor School" in his honor. It was later
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McGregor’s Ltd. Department Store A report Executive Summary The McGregor Ltd. Department Store as founded in 1871 and since then it has acquired the image of being old fashioned and traditional. The President of the Store wants to change the image of the Store and to achieve higher efficiency and profitability by creating more business sense in the policies of the Store. Mr. McGregor has devised a new discount scheme for employees confirming with the current practices in other stores. Mr. President
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Biographical Sketch of Douglas McGregor Douglas McGregor (1906 – 1964) is one of the forefathers of contemporary management thinking. A social psychologist‚ he is most notably known for his Theory X and Theory Y from his 1960 book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ which had a profound influence on the management field. A B.E. Mechanical from Rangoon Institute of Technology‚ he then earned an A.B. from Wayne State University‚ and went on to study Psychology at Harvard University. Armed with
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1960‚ Douglas McGregor an American psychologist formulated a theory that has changed the path of management thinking and practice. He proposed two sets of assumptions about employee ’s attitude and behaviour‚ so the manager will be in a better position to manage the workers and achieve organizational goals. McGregor named these assumptions as Theory X and Theory This essay would examine the pros and cons of this theory of employee motivation‚ followed by writer ’s opinion. (McGregor‚ 1960) Theory
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Backgrounds Douglas McGregor was a management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He introduced a new motivational theory in his book ‘The Human Side of Enterprise’‚ stating that all workers were divided into two groups: Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X workers were lazy‚ irrational and unreliable‚ and were only motivated by money and threatened by punishment. Theory Y workers were able to seek and accept responsibilities and fulfil any goals given. The Human Side of Enterprise‚ written
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Organizational Behavior 1 June 2010 Douglas McGregor: The Father of Theory X; Theory Y Douglas McGregor is one of the founding fathers of organizational behavior management thinking. As a social psychologist‚ McGregor is most known for his Theory X and Theory Y from his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise‚ which revolutionized the view on how management should run the workplace. After earning an A B.E. Mechanical from Rangoon Institute of Technology‚ McGregor went on to earn an A.B. from Wayne State
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory Maslow‚ Abraham. 1908-1970. American psychologist and a founder of humanistic psychology who developed a hierarchical model of human motivation‚ in which a higher need‚ ultimately that for self-actualisation‚ is expressed only after lower needs are fulfilled. Self-actualisation needs Self-actualization is the fulfilment of the person’s dreams and aspirations. “Even if all these needs are satisfied‚ we may still often (if not always) expect that a new discontent
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is defined as the process that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. Douglas McGregor proposed two distinct views of human beings: one basically negative‚ labeled Theory X‚ and the other basically positive‚ labeled Theory Y. After viewing the way in which managers dealt with employees. McGregor concluded that a manager’s view of the nature of human beings is based on a certain grouping of assumptions and that he or she tends to mold
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in great rewards. Gordon Morton McGregor and Herbert Austin are prime examples of entrepreneurs who achieved success in the automobile industry. McGregor and Austin were two industrialists who had a large involvement in the designing and construction of many notable automobiles in the 19th century. By examining their careers which amounted to great success and prosperity‚ valuable similarities and differences can be drawn from their lives. The likeness in McGregor and Austin’s characters as well
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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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