📝Theory X and Theory Y

author

Douglas McGregor

source

Laloux₂₀₁₄

tags

§ Management § Teal Organizations

• Theory X management style assumes that a typical worker has little ambition, avoids responsibility, and is externally motivated.

• Theory Y assumes that employee are internally motivated, enjoy their job, and work to better themselves without a direct reward in return.

See also:

• Theory Y addresses higher-level needs (Maslow’s hierarchy)

• Theory X and Theory Y are self-fulfilling prophecies

• Both Theory X and Theory Y are useful and can be mixed

• Domination hierarchies produce parent–child relationships