Mcgregor theory X and Y

​Leaders:

• A leader is a person who directs with authority and influence.​

• A leader is one who

  • guides

  • directs

  • facilitates process

  • empowers

  • influence others to follow

• People often have highe expectations for a leader​

​Desirable qualities of leaders

• A willingness to lead

• Acceptance by those to be led

• The ability to identify and organize goals

• Good work ethics

• Dependability

• Self-confidence

• Communicate effectivelys​

​Informal leaders: a person who has no formal authority but has respect of collagues and some power of them

​Emotional intelligence (EI/ EQ): The ability of managers to understand their own emotions, nd those of the people they work with, to achieve better business performance.

​EQ core competencies:
1. self awareness
2. Self management
3. Social awareness
4. Social skills

​Can you imagine working for a manager without these emotional inteligences: or very low levels of them:

- force project beyond the employee abilities but
- lack of self confidence
-- lack of trust and confidence
- no empathy to take other people's view
- perform poorlu in social situations, cannot negotiate, lack of ability to built a team.

​A good leader with good Ei can improve business performance : not the brightest can lead.

Multiple Choice

Understand the given scenario and identify whether it's THEORY X or THEORY Y.

1. 1. Jennie has been working for Bill the supermarket manager for about a year now and she knows her job well. Bill came every morning to check and nitpicks about every little things making sure that everything is perfect.

• Theory X

• Theory Y

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2. 2. Roi is an entry marketing level employee and works under CK who is the mid-level marketing manager. Emma is full of ideas for unique marketing campaign although it's not necessarily her job , CK encourages to share her ideas.Roi loves that CK sees her creativity and hopes to foster it.

• Theory Y

• Theory X

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3. 3. Jane works in sales and landed a huge account. John is her boss and complimented her how hard she's been working to and they made a celebratory cheer

• Theory X

• Theory Y

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3. 3. Theory Y deals with _________kind of leadership.

• Democratic

• Autocratic

• ALL of the Above

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The best attitude of managers is:

• THEORY X

• THEORY Y

• IT DEPENDS

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Best known for his development of the Theory X and Theory Y, a leadership theory on two different leadership styles.

• WILLIAM OUCHI

• DOUGLAS MCGREGOR

• MARY PARKER FOLLET

• LILLIAN GILBRETH

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This refers to the assumption of the leaders that people dislike work, have little ambition, and are unwilling to take responsibility

• THEORY X

• THEORY Y

• THEORY Z

• THEORY X AND THEORY Y

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This denotes a positive view of human nature and assumes individuals are generally industrious, creative, and able to assume responsibility and exercise self-control in their jobs.

• THEORY X

• THEORY Y

• THEORY Z

• THEORY X AND THEORY Y

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McGregor's Theory is related to :

• different types of workers

• different types of manager

• different attitudes of managers

• different roles of managers

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Which is the most accurate statement about the choice of leadership style?

• There is no single right or wrong way of leading people

• Lazy workers deserve Theory X leadership

• Clever workers do not need leadership

• Theory Y leaders are better manager

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A democratic leader:

• encourages shared decision-making

• makes all of the decisions

• lets each employee decided how work will be done

• does not make decisions

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This leadership style is the most efficient in critical situation

• paternalistic

• situational

• autocratic

• laizzes faire

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Managers from this theory believe employees dislike work

• Theory X

• Theory Y

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Managers from this theory are encouraged to develop their expertise

• Theory X

• Theory Y

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Which answer best describe theory X?

• Encourage participation

• People are self - motivated

• Workers are not creative

• Management is participative

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Which answer best describes theory Y?

• Management is generally authoritarian

• Specialized and repetitive workers

• Workers can accept responsibility

• Workers dislike work

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Understanding Theory X and y will...

• Help understand employees feeling to work

• Help understand why employees act in a certain way

• Help create a more command-and-control management style

• Help improve productivity in an office