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
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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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importance and belonging in the organisation‚ and these new knowledge will inspire and motivate them to be more engaged and have a better understanding in their work. Every employees would seize it as an opportunity whenever they face challenges (McGregor & Harpaz‚ cited in Rodrigues 2011‚ p. 881). Therefore‚ organisation should come out with methods and tools that are able to increase the opportunities and challenges of the employees (Schmitt‚ Zacher & de Lange 2013‚ p. 516). To support this‚ employers
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Henry Amm Fayol or Mintzberg – Who is right? Date: 11/12/2011 Student Number: 110369257 Version 1.0 The task: Henri Fayol presented his analysis of the management function in 1916 and it has largely been superseded by the more descriptive approaches of what managers actually do‚ such that favored by Henry Mintzberg. However‚ it could be argued that the image portrayed by Fayol is superior to that of Mintzberg‚ and the latter’s description is of rather ineffective management! Who do you
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Introduction This topic paper covers the overview of the life of management theorist‚ Henri Fayol‚ the development of his key works‚ and looks into the environment which influenced Fayol’s development of theories. This paper also gives a review of relevance of his theories in today’s context. Biography Born in 1841 in Istanbul‚ Turkey‚ Henri Fayol received his education at a mining school at Saint Etienne and graduated in 1860. He started off as an engineer in a mining company‚ Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambeault-Decazeville
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Henri Fayol five rules of management can be applied to the Coca-Cola case quite simply: Fayol’s first “rule” is foresight. Coca-Cola “complete[d] a plan of action for the future” (37) by planning to find a leader that could help “Coke recapture its previous growth pace and stock value without Goizueta’s legendary leadership.” (W-7) Fayol’s second rule is organization. Coca-Cola took care of this rule of management by being “very sensitive to local market conditions.” (W-7) They used bottlers
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Henri Fayol or Henry Mintzberg; Management‚ management today is one of the subjects with the most widely branched areas. Management is an area under discussion and criticised since many years before till today by many contributors and authors. There have been developed many ideas and notions regarding the right way to manage and been successful manager. Some of the most important contributors are Henri Fayol and Henry Mintzberg with two different views but‚ in the same time very similar
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In 1916‚ Henri Fayol published his "14 Principles of Management" in the book "Administration Industrielle et Generale." Fayol also created a list of the six primary functions of management‚ which go hand in hand with the Principles. Fayol’s "14 Principles" was one of the earliest theories of management to be created‚ and remains one of the most comprehensive. 14 Management Principles developed by Henri Fayol are : 1. Division of work : Work should be divided among individuals and groups
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DOUGLAS MCGREGOR FLOW • PROFILE • WHY NOW ? .. • WORKS INTRO HIS STUDY • THEORY-X • THEORY-Y CONCLUSION • RELEVANCE • APPLICATIONS PROFILE-DOUGLAS MC GREGOR (1906-1964) He graduated Wayne State University PHD in Experimental Psychology(Harvard) He was Born Published his Theory of X & Y in the book “Human Side of Enterprise” Death 1906 1932 1935 1960 1964 HIS WORKS • Douglas Mc Gregor is one of the forefathers of contemporary management thinking over
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Henri Fayol: Management Principals through Experience Introduction While the subject of management has proven a popular topic‚ especially during the last 25 years‚ the subject is certainly not exclusive to latter part of the 20th century (Donkin‚ 1998). Henri Fayol‚ a turn-of-the-century French mining engineer and eventual management executive is often credited with becoming one of the first to develop and write about the now popular topic. “Dubbed the father of modern operational-management
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