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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Callum McGregor is one of the main characters in the novel Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. It is an action packed novel based on a society that has been practicing segregation for decades. The novel is set in a fictional country called Pangaea during the 21st century. Callum deals with many issues including relationships‚ friendships‚ violence‚ alcohol abuse and depression. However‚ the main issues he has to deal with are prejudice and racism. This essay will reveal Callum’s complicated
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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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One of the most influential people in my life is Conor McGregor because of his determination to be the best and always succeed in everything he does and if he can not achieve the goal then he admits his faults which is very respectable. Conor McGregor had a relatively normal life growing up in Crumlin‚ south Dublin‚ Ireland. He attended Gaelscoil and Gaelcholáiste medium schools and was an average student. “His father
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The role that McGregor theory Y plays at Whole Food is a very ethical business practice. His focus is on a conscious level on all aspects of business roles such as management and leadership. McGregor theory flourishes with ideas on building a strong foundation of success and equal opportunities. McGregor vision a higher purpose for Whole Food stores through a consciousness of leadership‚ culture‚ and stakeholder models. These models will have everything to do with whole food. For instance‚ the employees
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the organization or groups within the organization. Early theories One theory of motivation which incorporates both internal and external motivation is that of Douglas McGregor. In this theory‚ external motivation is manifested in the assumption the manager makes regarding the attitudes of his subordinates. In 1960‚ Douglas McGregor began a long-standing debate (that incidentally still exists today) with the publication of his book The Human Side of the Enterprise. He introduced in this work his theory
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performance for the company and possibly to improved employee relations‚ a strong understanding of the relationship should be practiced. Thus‚ Douglas McGregor‚ a behavior management theorist influenced by Abraham Maslow and The Hawthorne Studies‚ launched a debate over how employers manage‚ in his book: The Human Side of the Enterprise published in 1960. McGregor compared what he called Theory X and Theory Y perspectives; he challenged the management profession to reexamine its assumptions about the motivations
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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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British grocery store chain Tesco has recently been forcing employees at its Dublin distribution center to wear armbands that measure their productivity. The armbands‚ officially known as Motorola arm-mounted terminals‚ keep track of how quickly and competently employees unload and scan goods in the warehouse and gives them a grade. The monitors can be turned off during lunch breaks‚ but anything else‚ including bathroom breaks and water breaks‚ reportedly lowers workers’ productivity score.
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