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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between two types of scientific theories‚ theory X and theory Y. He relates these two theories on two managers (Dave and Val) who are in the same organization (Telecommunication company)‚ however in different departments. He continues to talk about how they use their management skills on their employees based on theory X and theory Y. Douglas McGregor‚ an American Social Psychologist‚ proposed X-Y theory in his 1960 book “The human side of enterprise”. Theories X and Y are still referred in the field
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last couple of centuries and there have been a number of different theories into the best way it can be done. This essay will give some background knowledge into those theories but will primarily focus on McGregor’s development of his Theory X and Theory Y‚ incorporating how they evolved‚ what they are and how relevant they are to managers of the 21st century. The aim of this piece is to gain a better understanding of the theories of management developed by McGregor and how/if they are still being
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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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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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McGregor’s theory X and theory Y McGregor developed two theories of human behaviour at work: Theory and X and Theory Y. He did not imply that workers would be one type or the other. Rather‚ he saw the two theories as two extremes - with a whole spectrum of possible behaviours in between. Theory X workers could be described as follows: - Individuals who dislike work and avoid it where possible - Individuals who lack ambition‚ dislike responsibility and prefer to be led - Individuals who desire
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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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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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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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Name: NITIN .S Roll No: 15 Question No: 13 Explain and critically comment on McGregor’s Theory of Motivation of individuals? Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to act towards a desired goal and elicits‚ controls‚ and sustains certain goal-directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force; a psychological one that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. Motivated people are those who have made a conscious decision to devote considerable effort
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