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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Spring 2014 Individual Quiz Name: KEY ASU ID: You have 20 minutes to complete and turn in this quiz. Each question is worth 20 points. Please read questions carefully. SHOW ALL YOUR WORK. Good luck! 1. Given the following truth table‚ a 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 b 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 c 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 f 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 (a) Write the SOP (sum of products) canonical expression for f. f = a’b’c + a’bc’+ a’bc + ab’c (b) Write
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ENGL227 Week 1 Assignment Scenario You are an upper-level manager in a large metropolitan hotel. One of your assistant managers‚ Jeff Clarke‚ has left you a voicemail message requesting emergency leave for the upcoming holiday weekend. Here’s what the message stated: I’m calling to request emergency leave again for this weekend. I know I’ve had three emergency leaves in the last two months‚ but my grandma isn’t feeling well again‚ and she really needs me to take care of her. I’ll be in later
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Chapter 1 Answers to End of Chapter Questions 1. Agency Problems of MNCs. a. Explain the agency problem of MNCs. ANSWER: The agency problem reflects a conflict of interests between decision-making managers and the owners of the MNC. Agency costs occur in an effort to assure that managers act in the best interest of the owners. b. Why might agency costs be larger for an MNC than for a purely domestic firm? ANSWER: The agency costs are normally larger for MNCs than purely domestic firms for the following
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conEcon345 Money and Banking Assignment 1 Zhongli Sui (Bill) 31438104 a). What is YTM(i) for bond A and B? which one is highest? Bond A: 1000 = 1001+i + 901+i2 + 80(1+i)3 + 70(1+i)4 + 60(1+i)5 + 600(1+i)5 i(A) = 0 Bond B: 1000 = 1001+i + 1001+i2 + 100(1+i)3 + 100(1+i)4 + 40(1+i)5 + 400(1+i)5 i(B) = - 0.04419415 Bond A has higher yield than Bond B. ( 0 > -0.044195) b). Suppose i=0.05 for both bond A and B‚ which bond has higher price? Bond
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BUSI 393 - ASSIGNMENT #1 ANSWER GUIDE QUESTION 1: 10 MARKS Review with Mike any legal issues he may use to defend the claim brought by Grace. Can Grace bring her action against Mike in Small Claims Court? The law is that an action can only be commence in Small Claims Court in B.C. where there is a civil action and the remedy sought is damages of less than or equal to $25‚000. Mike could argue that since Grace is suing for $75‚000 she must commence the action against him in the Supreme Court of B
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1-17 (15 min.) Value chain and classification of costs‚ pharmaceutical company. Cost Item Value Chain Business Function a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Design of products‚ services or processes Marketing Customer Service Research and Development Marketing Production Marketing Distribution *2-23 (15–20 min.) Classification of costs‚ retail sector. Cost object: Videos sold in video section of store Cost variability: With respect to changes in the number of videos sold There may be some debate over classifications
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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
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TABLE OF CONTENT NO | TITLE | PAGES | 1 | 1.0 THEORY X1.1 THEORY X ASSUMPTIONS | 2-3 | 2 | 2.0 THEORY Y2.1 THEORY Y ASSUMPTIONS | 4-5 | 3 | 3.0 BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS-OPENNESS-EXTRAVERSION-NEUROTICISM-CAREFULNESS-SOCIABILITY | 6-11 | 1.0 THEORY X What is theory X? The “Theory X” management theory holds that the average employee has little ambition‚ dislikes work and must be coerced‚ controlled and directed to achieve organizational objectives. Those in management who
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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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