Theory X‚ Theory Y by Douglas McGregor is a motivation theory. Douglas McGregor is a social psychologist and applied two sets of assumptions to the organizational structure called Theory X and Theory Y. His theory is based on managerial views of human beings. In his book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ he outlined a new role for managers. He stated that managers should assist subordinates in reaching their full potential‚ rather than commanding and controlling. Theory X is negative and Theory Y can
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Part A Section (i) The articles chosen for this essay paper were “Corporate Environmental Reporting: A test of legitimacy theory” by Trevor D. Wilmshurst and Geoffrey R. Frost and “The Stakeholder Theory: Concepts‚ Evidence and Implications” by Thomas Donaldson and Preston Lee. There were several factors that contributed to my choosing these particular articles for my study. First and foremost‚ these articles were both peer reviewed and the journals they were sourced from‚ namely the
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Philosophy Ego Theory and Bundle Theory Derek Parfit’s views on personal identity and the Ego and Bundle Theory are all summarized in his article “Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons”. In his article‚ Parfit explains the distinction between Ego theory and Bundle theory and provides several arguments against Ego Theory. Although it proves to be very difficult to believe the Bundle Theory‚ Parfit’s critique is convincing and well thought out. In order to defend the Bundle Theory of personal identity
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1. What is a scientific theory? Please cite a definition you like. As Watson stated in "The Value of Theories"‚ a scientific theory is a systematic explanation that unifies various observed phenomena and facts. Based on observations we make‚ science operates under theories which are constantly revised and checked by experiment. A scientific theory also possesses many vital qualities for true understanding. 2. What is the difference between a scientific theory and common sense ideas about the same
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Theory X and Theory Y Understanding Team Member Motivation What motivates employees to go to work each morning? Many people get great satisfaction from their work and take great pride in it; Others may view it as a burden‚ and simply work to survive. This question of motivation has been studied by management theorists and social psychologists for decades‚ in attempts to identify successful approaches to management. Social psychologist Douglas McGregor of MIT expounded two contrasting theories
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Humanistic Theory and Trait Theory My research was comparing the Humanistic Theory and Trait Theory. Humanistic Theory is based on the ability for individuals to be able to uniquely diverse with our own prospective on life. It evaluates how an individual’s choice can affect their decision making and how the decisions can take a positive or negative effect to the conclusion of that choice. It also focuses on how we allow others to manipulate us into believing what our self worth is‚ if we are capable
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My theory states that the unconscious is something very deep. We as individuals do not understand what is all going on in our unconscious. We can uncover parts of ourselves that we may not have known about‚ but we will never be able to know or understand everything about ourselves. I believe that the unconscious is a positive reinforcement that keep us going in our daily lives. There are times we get depressed‚ some more than others‚ yet we are able to try and seek help or push through day to day
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Post-colonialial theory as a recent field of study has lately become one of the most attractive academic disciplines - if it can be called a discipline - that incessantly triggers piles and piles of literature written by art of critics‚ social reformists‚ political scientists‚ literary critics and political economists. The continuous expansion of post-colonialism in its recent version made its own domains of interest and areas of functionality overlap with other fields of global academic studies
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Positive Accounting Positive economic theory and accounting practices are objective and based on fact. Positive accounting focuses on analyzing the economic statistics and data at hand‚ and deriving conclusions based on those figures. For example‚ if corporate growth allows a company to increase shareholder dividends over previous dividend payments‚ positive accounting theory would conclude that corporate growth causes a rise in stockholder dividends. Most bookkeeping and data collection involved
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Theories of Translation 1.Introduction Translation‚ oral or written‚ is probably as old as the spoken or written word. Throughout the ages‚ famous writers have tried their hand at ``the art of translating``. Translation is usually defined as the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by the means of an equivalent target-language text. It can be also described as an expression of a sense from one language to another as well as transmission of a written or spoken language
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