McGregor authored a highly influential book, " The Human Side of Enterprise, " which revolutionized labor relations by conceiving of employees as inherently creative and self-motivated individuals who had something to offer an organization ( " Theory Y " ).
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People with a strong internal focus of control ( personality ) believe outcomes in their life develop primarily from their own actions and abilities, as a result they are relationship-oriented and focus on building relationships among peers ( Theory Y ).
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In the book " The Human Side of Enterprise ", McGregor identified an approach of creating an environment within which employees are motivated via authoritative, direction and control or integration and self-control, which he called theory X and theory Y, respectively.
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Because of the drastic change compared to the " Theory X " way of directing, " Theory Y " managers gravitate towards relating to the worker on a more personal level, as opposed to a more conductive and teaching based relationship.
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If the information is just " slightly different ", then it should be easy to accommodate both interpretations, by writing something like " Jones, a professor at Harvard, described X, while Smith, a professor at Oxford, advances slightly different theory Y ".
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He is best known for his Theory X and Theory Y as presented in his book The Human Side of Enterprise ( 1960 ), which proposed that manager s individual assumptions about human nature and behaviour determined how individual manages their employees.
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While we can't go around saying dead guys accept theories they never heard of, we " can " cite instances where they held similar views, or notable people claiming " dead guy X would have supported alternate theory Y if he were alive today ".
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In comparison to " Theory X ", " Theory Y " adds more of a democratic and free feel in the work force allowing the employee to design, construct, and publish their works in a timely manner in co-ordinance to their work load and projects.
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I went out and talked to genuinely smart, remarkably interesting, first-rate people . " In addition to Karl Weick and Einar Thorsrud, Peters notes that Douglas McGregor's theory of motivation known as Theory X and Theory Y was directly influential on the direction of the project.
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The Scanlon Plan requires Theory Y assumptions among most of the managers to be successful . ( Workers want to work, the average employee has great creativity and ingenuity if given a chance to express them, etc . ) Once a plan is installed it requires time and energy to maintain.
