William McGregor

their relationship with their employees at the time they make this decision. If the employees who currently work for management are not “self-energized, committed, responsible and creative beings” (Kinicki, 2012) (or any combination thereof) like McGregor assumes, they will not be able to jump in to some of the activities that leading organizations are doing. Managers will need to understand that if they developed an environment where management is superior and the employees are workers, any part

M Indira Ananda 4005168 Individual Assignment Theory X and Y are theories founded by Douglas McGregor, a professor from MIT Sloan School of Management, which are inscribed in his book, “The Human Side of Enterprise” in 1960. This essay will explain about the theories used in human resources, which according to McGregor are vital in the success of one’s company. Theory X is the theory who assume people to dislike work or just want to work if they received orders from superiors. While the theory

Context of the incident This report will outline a critical incident which occurred in 2014 at the Dunmore Senior Center. The incident narrated by the executive director of the center Jeanne Hugenbruch. The incident was initiated by the secretary and one of the senior members, when two of the seniors started arguing angrily and loudly with each other. At that day, fortuitously the executive director was not at the center which made the secretary the person who was in charge to handle the issue. Details

Trainspotting presents an ostensible image of fractured society. The 1996 film opens, famously, with a series of postulated choices—variables, essentially, in the delineation of identity and opposition. Significant here is the tone in which these options are delivered—it might be considered the rhetorical voice of society, a playful exposition of the pressure placed on individuals to make the "correct" choices, to conform to expectation. As such, the introduction might be read as contributing

Soft HRM is defined as a “high commitment work system, which is aimed at eliciting a commitment so that behaviour is primarily self-regulated rather than controlled by sanctions and pressures external to the individual and relations within the organization are based on high levels of trust”.35 Another essential part of Soft HRM is the importance of communication and the goal of flexibility and adaptability. Theoretically the employee doesn’t only comply with the companies goals, but positively commits

A job I had was being a cashier at Kmart. The theories that can be applied to this job are functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interaction. Functionalism is how my job as a cashier at Kmart makes the company able to function properly. The job I have as a cashier makes it possible for the company to make money. I take the money of the customers who want products that we can provide. If there were no cashiers to take money in exchange for products, there would be no way for the business

The book, Whale Done, written by Ken Blanchard, exemplifies how a business manager named Wes Kinsley learns the key to managing relationships while on a trip to SeaWorld. Kinsley uncovers the secret to managing positive relationships with people by witnessing how trainers at SeaWorld receive incredible responses from their whales by highlighting their positive behaviour, and ignoring or redirecting their negative behaviours. In the book, Blanchard contrasts the “GOTcha” manager, one who seeks to

This is used in films such as Trainspotting in a way that is not entirely obvious to the audience, as it is disguised by the narrative. The scene where Tommy takes them into the typical Scottish countryside for a walk, and Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) starts complaining about Scottish people, when Tommy says: "Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?" and Mark replies with: "I hate being Scottish, we're the lowest of the fucking low, the scum of the earth, the most wretched, servile, miserable

The Human Relations Movement When you hear human relations movement what do you think of? Do you know what the human relations movement is? To answer these questions first you need to understand which time period this movement came out of. Take a guess. To give you a hint this was the time of booming industrialization. Most men, women, and even children spent from before dawn to after dusk working in factories for minimal pay. If you guessed the 1920’s-30’s you would have been right. The human relations

someone who would not normally think of himself or herself as being of that school. Consequently, it is fair to say that each generation has added something to the overall debate on leadership and that the debate continues.’ (Van Maurik 2001) Douglas Mcgregor, an American social psychologised developed the X-Y theory in his 1960 book ‘The human side of enterprise’. The X-Y theory still remains central to the development of an organisation, helping managers to develop positive management styles and techniques