Theory X and Theory Y....

Douglas McGregor, an American social psychologist, proposed his famous X-Y theory in his 1960's. This theory remains central to organization development and for improving organization culture.

What i understood.

   One of the defining features about this theory is its perspective. It is completely seen from the perspective of the manager. Managers are divided into two categories based on how they perceive their employees:

 1)  Theory X Manager- manager who think workers are LAZY (in reality they may be or may not be)

2)  Theory Y manager- managers who think workers are MOTIVATED (in reality they may be or may not be)

•  It perhaps shows the inability of many managers to truly understand what kind of employees they have. In this case it is better to treat all employees as same(motivated) rather than make wrong assumptions(lazy). Managers have a lot of responsibility in the success of a project. Those managers who try to escape the responsibility by blaming it on employees belong the Theory X and is not good for the organization. 

 Defines a manager:

 The theory also throws light at some of the qualities which a good manager needs to have. Positive attitude, inspiring, motivating, trusting employees etc. All these qualities reflect Theory Y manager and real managers should probably try to emulate these qualities. 

By this principle we can divide employee-manager group into 4 parts-

In my views result-driven organizations can be formed category 4. Even a motivated team requires an efficient manager to keep that level of consistency.

A week at NITIE

17th june 2013, 

 small intro-

It is as new as the new phase of my MBA life. One day or another, one thing needs a beginning, so here i'm trying to opt for blog writing habbit. I'm not a good writer, so bear it.

lecture 1-

Being a fresher, i was excited as well as little nervous on first day at NITIE. After attending exhilarating class of prof. T.Prasad a.k.a Dr. Mandi i felt good.  1st lecture at NITIE became unforgettable lecture for me.

Sharing the things that i learned in class...

    "aaj ki roti aaj hi kamaana"

If you are not earning for your own expenses than you are nothing but a beggar.

    " socho-becho! becho-seekho! seekho-becho!

This is a concept of mandi (market). Mandi is an annual full day event in NITIE, where students sell products made by an NGO. Using the concept of thinking, selling and learning. 

watch more- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuELGdxwBCg

  "Another brick in the wall" song by Pink Floyd.  

Practical knowledge is more important than theoretical one. 

Various learning activities defines uniqueness of his lecture.

Lecture-2,

Activity- Tower building- understanding of an organisation.

We had to make tower of cubes and if it fall, game is over.

Every cube in a tower was important, which act as linking between two cubes. single cube can break the tower.

Similarly, in an organisation every element is important.

For making an organisation, there are 3 key elements

    

     O- Objective

     P- Performance

     R- Responsibility

Contribution (responsibility) of worker should be decided and divided properly making it more efficient and easy in execution (performance) for achieving the defined target (objective).

  

 I keep learning more and keep posting.