We come from diverse professional areas, we know many people, we are familiar with their approach and attitude towards work and on many occasions we have categorized them informally. Dr. Mandi introduced us to the idea of Douglas McGregor which is known as Theories X and Y.
What are these theories?
Theory X and Theory Y have to do with the perceptions managers hold on their employees, not the way they generally behave. It is attitude not attributes. [source: wikipedia]
As it has been said that these theories are perceptual in nature, they are more of an attitude of one person towards another rather than attribute of the other person.
Theory X is an authoritarian style whereas Theory Y is a participative style of management.
According to Theory X, management assumes that employees inherently dislike work and this hostile attitude leads to close supervision and comprehensive system of controls.
A Theory Y manager believes that, given the right conditions, most people will want to do well at work. They believe that the satisfaction of doing a good job is a strong motivation.This attitude leads to healthy superior-subordinate relationship, comfortable work environment and open communication.
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| Diagrammatic representation of theories X and Y |
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