Douglas McGregor’s x & y Theory

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The x &amp&semi; y theory was proposed by an American psychologist Douglas McGregor in his book &OpenCurlyQuote;The Human Side of Enterprise’ in 1960&period; These theories are still commonly referred to in the field of management &amp&semi; motivation&period; McGregor’s theory is a constructive and effortless memento of the standard rules of managing people&comma; which are easily forgotten under the pressure of routine business&period; His theory states that there are two primary approaches to managing people&period; Though recent studies have questioned the firmness of the model the theory still remains as an official essential principle from which management styles and techniques can be developed&period; This theory is vital for organizational progress and for the improvisation of organizational culture&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;Theory y’ has been proven to give better results and allows room for improvement and development over &OpenCurlyQuote;theory x’ when used by managers&period;&lbrack;sky&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyQuote;Theory x’ includes the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•  Work is usually disliked&comma; and will be avoided by the worked if possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Work is enforced with threats of punishment for the achievement of organizational goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• Direction is preferred in most cases as people tend to avoid responsibility and seek work security above other things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•    Individuals require close supervision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The x theory is also known as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the authoritarian management style” because it states that the average worker needs to be persuaded into completing company&sol;organizational objectives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyQuote;Theory y’ includes the following&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• To put effort in work is as natural as work and play&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;