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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Compare and contrast two theories of motivation. Suggest how a team leader might use these theories to motivate their team. Over the years‚ many psychologists have developed various theories of motivation based on what they believe motivates people and why different people react and behave differently in a range of situations. Motivation is the “extent to which an individual is engaged by the work role he or she occupies.” It is very important that in today’s society‚ managers have a successful
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Theory Z Theory Z is an approach to management that advocates matching the organization’s culture to that of the larger society and assumes that involved workers are the key to increased productivity. In other words‚ the values of certain cultures affect the way the employees work‚ and therefore‚ those values should be taken into concideration when managing employees of a certain business. Another part of the theory is that‚ theory Z workers can be trusted to do their jobs to their utmost ability
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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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The Evolution of Leadership Theory David A. Van Seters Stevenson‚ Kellogg‚ Ernst & Whinney‚ Vancouver‚ British Columbia and Evolution of Leadership Theory 29 Richard H.G. Field University of Alberta‚ Edmonton‚ Canada Leadership is one of the most complex and multifaceted phenomena to which organisational and psychological research has been applied. While the term "leader" was noted as early as the 1300s (The Oxford English Dictionary‚ 1933) and conceptualised even before biblical times
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Theory Z is a management philosophy that stresses employee participation in all aspects of company decision making. It was first described by William Ouchi in his book Theory Z- How Man American Business Can Meet the Japanese Challenge. Theory Z incorporates many elements associated with the Japanese approach to management‚ such as trust and intimacy‚ but Japanese ideas have been adapted for use in the United States. In Theory Z organizations‚ managers and workers share responsibilities; the management
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impact employee motivation were found. In the case study organization rewards in use are positively impacting employee motivation and the reasons why rewards are impacting motivation was explained through the use of grounded motivation and reward theories. As the case study approach was chosen for this thesis the results and conclusions of this research are valid only to the case study organization and the conclusions should not be generalized outside the case study organization. KEYWORDS:
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Money is the most important factor motivating workers today. Discuss this statement with reference to motivational theories you are aware of. The word motivation according to Richard Romando is gotten from the Latin phrase "movere"‚ which means to move. Motivation is defined as an inner drive that activates performance and gives it direction. The term motivation theory is concerned with the process that explains why and how human behaviour is stimulated and directed. It is considered as one of the
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Family stress theory is best explained through the ABC-X model. This model states that the family stress theory is defined by an event taken place which causes stress to the family‚ “A”‚ the resources the family has to use to deal with the stressor‚ “B”‚ and the outcome after the use of said resources‚ “C”. A family could either regain their strength as a family unit after using their resources or the family could deteriorate. The X is what the family sees that the crises. One would want the
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Theories of Motivation Motivation: “The process that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction‚ and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.” Motivation is the result of the interaction of the individual and the situation.Individuals differ in their basic motivational drive.The level of motivation varies both between individuals and within individuals at different times. EARLY THEOREIS OF MOTIVATION 1950’s: These three theories are: Hierarchy of needs theory Theories X
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