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 Theory X assume that workers generally dislike work ad must be forced to do their jobs. They believe that the following statements are true of workers: 1. The average person naturally dislikes work and
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Organizational Behavior at Whole Foods Introduction This paper will discuss the organizational behavior concepts that relate to Whole Foods. These concepts include Theory X and Theory Y‚ human and social capital‚ the profile of the 21st century manger‚ Carroll’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid and the seven moral principles. Whole Foods Market is a supermarket chain that functions through several completely maintained divisions. The supermarkets are located in the US‚ Canada
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In this case Linton and Scoville lie in theory x category. Both were by nature aggressive and believed that people lacked the motivation to do work. Could Benton have done anything differently? There could be two different ways‚ she could have acted in order to avoid this situation Situation 1
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E’Ek rukaa hua faisla’’ ‚ remake of Hollywood classic ’’Twelve angry men’’ an Oscar Winning Film widely used in Management Schools & corporate for understanding ‘HUMAN BEHAVIOR’ and “LEADERSHIP STYLES’ ….. Let’s take a look at the plot first to be familiar with this movie. The movie starts from a scene in a jury room where 12 jury members are discussing the case for the final verdict. The case is regarding a murder of an old man and the suspect is his own son. Everything from the statement of
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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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order to ensure productivity‚ if a manager is too strict this could lower morale and reduce work output‚ if too easy-going morale would be higher but employees may take advantage of the situation again reducing output. There have been a number of theories developed to try and understand as
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basically negative‚ labeled Theory X‚ and the other basically positive‚ labeled Theory Y. After viewing the way in which managers dealt with employees. McGregor concluded that a manager’s view of the nature of human beings is based on a certain grouping of assumptions and that he or she tends to mold his or her behaviour toward employees according to these assumptions. These set of assumptions were not based on any research ‚ but are intuitive deductions . Under Theory X‚ the four assumptions held
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not seem happy. She did however notice that the finishing department was running efficiently and successfully. Other Division Managers berated Andy Longclaw‚ who ran the finishing department. The Division Managers seemed to follow McGregor ’s Theory X which was "pessimistic‚ stifling‚ and outdated" (Kreitner 55). For them to recognize the successes of the finishing department they had to admit to their own failures within their respective departments so bashing Andy Longclaw ’s division was easier
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"The Human Side of Enterprise" and the 1960 book of the same name‚ in which he introduced what came to be called the new humanism. McGregor argued that the conventional approach to managing was based on three major propositions‚ which he called Theory X: 1. Management is responsible for organizing the elements of productive enterprise-money‚ materials‚ equipment‚ and people-in the interests of economic ends. 2. With respect to people‚ this is a process of directing their efforts‚ motivating
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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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