CASE STUDY: Merger of Zipcar and Avis Budget Group On January 2‚ 2013‚ Zipcar announced that it would be acquired by the Avis Budget Group. This merger may let staff members of both companies to feel uncertain and uncomfortable‚ especially of Zipcar and they feared that company was swallowed. Motivational problems related with finance were of major importance to employees of both companies and here too. The senior management and executive members of Zipcar company sought to gather and discuss
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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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Matthew Ridgway - Early Life:Matthew Bunker Ridgway was born March 3‚ 1895‚ at Fort Monroe‚ VA. The son of Colonel Thomas Ridgway and Ruth Bunker Ridgway‚ he was reared on army posts across the United States and took pride in being an "army brat." Graduating from English High School in Boston‚ MA in 1912‚ he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and applied for acceptance to West Point. Deficient in mathematics‚ he failed in his first attempt‚ but after extensive study of the subject gained
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Review of the related literature The purpose of this study was to develop a concrete idea about the level of satisfaction of tourists who visited the Historical Spot in Corregidor Island. This chapter includes the opinions‚ reactions and reviews of tourists inside and outside the Phillipines who visited Corregidor island‚ The literature about the death march in bataan‚ malinta tunnel‚ the Filipino and American defenders‚ and the world war 2. Also included are the number of tourists visiting the
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The X Theory and Y Theory Douglas McGregor‚ a social psychologist‚ introduced us to his famous X-Y Theory in his 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise. Theory X and Theory Y are most commonly referred to in the field of management and employee motivation. McGregor’s theories‚ although over 40 years old‚ remain a basic principle from which to develop positive management. Both the X and the Y theories begin with the premise that management’s role is to assemble the factors of production. Theory
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Oftentimes‚ the American people expect the President to be a machine churning out progress in government and the country. However‚ we may occasionally forget that the president is a human being‚ just like every other American citizen. What makes the President the “President” is his personality‚ which has developed as time progressed. His personality is what makes him not a machine‚ but an admirable human being that paradoxically can represent what the government isn’t‚ a majority-rule entity.
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To President Truman‚ The second I heard the news of I’m being relieved from my generalr position I was totally shocked and disappointed… I do not take the actions I have done for no reasons‚ I believe that everyone in the war have their own rules to do and decide about the next action he or she’s going to do. And to be honest I have always thought about the country. Every general‚ commander and even soldiers at the front line sacrifices their life to fight for their country (mostly soldiers)
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achieved. Thus‚ to be motivated is a constant need. There are times when one faces a period of de-motivation and everything seems bleak. It is then that they need to find what would motivate them back into action. In The Human Side of Enterprise‚ Douglas McGregor related Maslow’s ideas about personal needs to management. McGregor contrasted two views of management-the traditional view‚ which he called Theory X‚ and a humanistic view‚ which he called Theory Z. According to McGregor‚ managers adopting
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Citations: Charles M. Carson‚ (2005)‚"A historical view of Douglas McGregor ’s Theory Y"‚ Management Decision‚ Vol. 43 Iss 3 pp. 450 - 460 Kinicki‚ A.‚ & Fugate‚ M. (2012). Needed: People-Centered Managers and Workplaces. InOrganizational Dynamics (5th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Kopelman‚ R.‚ & Chiou‚ A. (2010). Examining
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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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