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
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Critically evaluate McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. How far is it applicable to management and employee motivation in contemporary Chinese organizations? In the modern corporation environment‚ employees’ motivation plays a pivotal role‚ thus they should be recognised as a significant part of corporations’ financial assets. There are several distinct viewpoints of approaches to managerial strategies about motivating employees‚ one of which is McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. It proposes that providing
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Generation X and Millennium Generation Travel through time is one of the most enigmatic‚ imaginative‚ and scientifically daring concepts that had occupied the minds of many people centuries ago and will continue into the future. Nonetheless‚ not employing any time-machine contraptions‚ modern archeologists and paleontologists are traveling back in time more than anybody else. They examine the rich iridium layer in Wyoming’s clay deposits and take exploratory tours back to early Cretaceous period
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THEORY X‚ Y AND Z IN NURSING ADMINISTRATION According to Mc Gregor‚ the traditional manager in a bureaucracy operates on a set of assumptions about human nature and human behaviour‚ which was called as Theory X. Accordingly‚ his assumptions are the following: (1) the average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it‚ if he can‚ when possible; (2) Because of dislike of a work‚ most people must be coaxed‚ controlled‚ directed‚ threatened with punishment to get through
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Mc Gregor’s Theory X and Theory Y Two distinct sets of assumptions that managers in general‚ have about their employees and which often turn out to be self-fulfilling prophesies. Theory X assumptions are that most people dislikes work and will avoid it to the extent possible‚ therefore they must be continually coerced‚ controlled‚ and threatened with punishment to get the work done‚ and that they have little or no ambition‚ prefer to avoid responsibility‚ and choose security above everything
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The X and Y game What is a game where you have four persons to a team‚ and each person shows an X and Y card each round and according to what each other person‚ including themselves shows they get a certain number of points added on or taken off? What is the meaning of this game? What does it show? This game shows how individual people act in a group. When every person in a group cooperates something gets done‚ but if people are out for themselves‚ and fail to recognize that they are in this together
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the beginning of “The Human Side of Enterprise” by Douglas McGregor‚ he compares the needs of man and behavior to the philosophy‚ policy‚ and practices of management. McGregor explains in great details the Physiological‚ Safety‚ Social‚ Ego‚ and Self-Fulfillment requirements of man and how it connects to organizations and management . The three main important needs I will discuss is physiological‚ safety‚ and social . Physiological Needs: McGregor talks about how physiological needs are a requirement
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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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Introduction In Malaysia‚ most of the employees are from Gen-Y generation. They have skills‚ education background and other characteristic that needed by an organization in order to move forward. With the knowledgeable they have‚ Gen-Y tend to become job hopper which have make them change job frequently in a short term to seek other jobs with a greater promotion. This trend has been practiced by them to satisfy themselves as a reward for their time sacrifices with study for years. There is no denying
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Demographers have named the different generations around today as Veterans‚ Baby Boomers‚ Generation X‚ Generation Y and Generation Z.Here I’ve tried to analyze Gen X & Gen Y. GEN X The moniker Generation X was coined by Douglas Coupland‚ who chose the unknown variable “X” to describe a generation that defies definition.Members of Generation X are largely in their 30’s and early 40’s. On the whole‚ they are more ethnically diverse and
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