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    understanding individual needs of staff members can be used to help motivate them so they can reach the top of the hierarchy of having a self-worth and feeling accomplished with what they have achieved within their job. MCGREGOR’S XY THEORY: Douglas McGregor

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    go back to the turn of the century and in some cases are considered by the uninformed to be simply fads which come and go. As I have discovered, these theories are rather the steps on a ladder which continually takes us higher and higher. Douglas McGregor in his book, "The Human Side of Enterprise" published in 1960 has examined theories on behavior of individuals at work, and he has formulated two models which he calls Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X Assumptions The average human being has an inherent

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    Theory X, Theory Y

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    Theory X, Theory Y by Douglas McGregor is a motivation theory. Douglas McGregor is a social psychologist and applied two sets of assumptions to the organizational structure called Theory X and Theory Y. His theory is based on managerial views of human beings. In his book, The Human Side of Enterprise, he outlined a new role for managers. He stated that managers should assist subordinates in reaching their full potential, rather than commanding and controlling. Theory X is negative and Theory Y can

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    choose for the current regulatory environment. Both Douglas McGregor 's Theory X and Theory Y have their strengths and its weaknesses. One of the advantages that this theory is quite understandable. On the other hand, it can help managers focus on two different types of individuals: individual work and personal hate willing to work. Because of the weaknesses and shortcomings, the theory can hardly be used right now. According to McGregor, theory X assumes people dislike work, lack ambition, are irresponsible

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    1.) From the view of a native Antiguan, tourism is not as glamourous as it is perceived to be. For the tourist that visits the island it is of lush lands and beautiful waters but the natives only see the environmental and cultural mess they create. Kincaid arises the idea that the average tourist is unware of what their impact is on their country, “You see yourself, you see yourself. You must not wonder what exactly happened to the contents of your lavatory when you flushed it. You must not wonder

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    Ben Silbermann, the co-founder and CEO of Pinterest, attended the Research Science Institute at MIT in 1998 according to Ben Silbermann himself. In the following year, he graduated from Roosevelt High School. In spring 2003, Ben graduated from Yale College with a degree in political science. He took a consulting job in Washington, D.C after graduating. “He began reading technology blogs and enjoyed learning about what people were building,” according to an interview. With his knowledge, he landed

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    “Drawing on scholarly articles and theories discussed throughout the module, critically examine how far individuals can influence an organisation’s culture” In the modern, world the bonds of organizations share our lives: from being born in a hospital, entered into the registry of birth, marriages and deaths – which tracks the entire populace and changes in it. “Almost every aspect of our everyday life – and, indeed, our deaths - will be shared by organization of one kind or another. “ (Clegg

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    the advantage of the parental organization. (Chesbrough, 2003) Spin-outs ongoing as internal startups will only earn earnings from cost advantages in the long run. (Jagersma, 1997) Motivation: The Not-So-Secret Ingredient of High Performance McGregor, D. (1960), an American social psychologist, predictable his renowned X-Y theory in his 1960 book 'The Human Side of Enterprise'. Theory x and theory y are still denoted normally in the field of administration and stimulus, and even as more recent

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    The Pactice of Management

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    The practice of management is very ancient, however the formal study of management is comparatively new. Management as a proper discipline developed after the tip of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless it should be admitted that management has been in existence since humankind became systematized into formal groups. It is very difficult to come up with a definition of management which could totally satisfy all professionals or skilled people or all management theorists. For a broad operating definition

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    I/O PSYCHOLOGY IN THE MOVIE OFFICE SPACE Introduction Most movies are a reflection of society and the type of interpersonal interactions that shape human lives, although they are typically revamped to fit a certain genre. In the movie Office Space, the satirical twist is on the human experience of the work environment. It is a comical depiction of how coworkers interact with each other and how they endure stressful job-related situations that we can all relate to. There are psychological concepts

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