Comparative analysis of theory x, theory y, theory z, and theory. The average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if possible. Ramesh kumar moona haji mohamed phd candidate, school of distance education, universiti sains malaysia, penang, malaysia email. Theory x and theory y are theories of human work motivation and management. Ntheory deals with the spacetime nonlocality in nature which in time domain results in memory. Mcgregors work was rooted in motivation theory alongside the works of abraham maslow, who created the hierarchy of needs. Theory z management style which thinks workers will be participating in the decisions of the company to a great. The relationship between mcgregors xy theory management style and fulfillment of psychological contract. Computing projects topics and materials for undergraduates, general. Theory z of william ouchi focused on increasing employee loyalty to the company. Comparative analysis of theory x, theory y, theory z. Theory x and y were created and developed by douglas mcgregor in the 1960s.
Theory xy douglas mcgregor and theory z william ouichi. In the 1960s, social psychologist douglas mcgregor developed two contrasting theories that explained how managers beliefs about what motivates their people. Theory x and theory y are still referred to regularly in the fields of management and. The idea that a managers attitude has an impact on employee motivation was originally proposed by douglas mcgregor. Theory x and y were created and developed by douglas mcgregor at the mit sloan school of management in the 1960s 2. Theory x and theory y describe two views of people at work and may be used to describe two opposing management styles. The impact of theory x, theory y and theory z on research. Comparative analysis of theory x, theory y, theory z, and theory a for managing people and performance article pdf available june 2016 with 8,544 reads how we measure reads. Determine the pdf of z xy when the joint pdf of x and y is given. Theory x says that the average human being is lazy and self.
This is a follow up of sorts relating to the question posted here. Theory x and theory y team management training from. Social psychologist douglas mcgregor of mit expounded two contrasting theories on human motivation and management in the 1960s. Theory x, theory y, and theory z introduction to business. First things first theory z is not a mcgregor idea and as such is not. Theory x says that the average human being is lazy and selfcentred, lacks ambition, dislikes change, and longs to be told what to do. The xy theory diagram and measurement tool below pdf and doc versions are. Both of these theories begin with the premise that managements role is to assemble the factors of production, including people, for the economic benefit of the firm. The purpose of this study is to find the impact of theory x, theory y and theory z on research performance of foundation university members in turkey on the number of articles published in science citation index and social science citation index. Theory y maintains that human beings are active rather than passive shapers of themselves and of their environment. Theory xy douglas mcgregor and theory z william ouichi theory x an authoritarian style of management the average worker dislikes work.
The idea that a managers attitude has an impact on employee motivation was originally proposed by douglas mcgregor, a management professor at the massachusetts institute of technology during the 1950s and 1960s. Beyond this point, the two theories of management diverge. Pdf the impact of theory x, theory y and theory z on. Douglas mcgregor is the one who constructed theory x and y in the 1960s. Pdf comparative analysis of theory x, theory y, theory z. They were created by douglas mcgregor while he was working at the mit sloan school of management in the 1950s, and developed further in the 1960s. The result was theory za development beyond theory x and theory y that blended the best of eastern and western management practices. Although born and educated in america, ouchi was of japanese descent and spent a lot of time in japan studying the countrys approach to workplace teamwork and participative management. Because of this human dislike of work, most people must be.