Some managers make the Theory Y assumptions about their subordinates.
Theory Y Assumptions
Average person has intrinsic interest in his work
He has desire for self-directing and he seeks responsibility, and he has capacity to be creative in solving business problems.
Douglas McGregor concludes after providing description of Theory X and Theory Y, that the latter approach is the more desirable one for managers to follow.
Beyond Theory Y
John J. Morse and Jay W. Lorsch
FROM THE MAY 1970 ISSUE of Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/1970/05/beyond-theory-y
The authors, Morse and Lorsch proposed contingency theory in the above article. With some people, theory X based management will work and with some people theory Y based management will work. Managers have to find which works with whom and accordingly use the supervision method.
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