Douglas McGregor

Leadership is a common term that is used in different contexts. It has been said that the term ‘leadership’ has almost as many definitions as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept (Stodgill, 1974 cited in Western, 2008) therefore trying to find a definitive definition for leadership becomes more complex. One definition of leadership is, like many others, quite a general definition for any setting or organisation and it says that leadership may be considered as the process of…

1.0 Introduction In Malaysia it is a common practice for the education ministry to constantly review policies and introduce changes (Ministry of Education, 2011), whereby the Malaysian teaching force are those tasked with carrying out and implementing these changes and plans on the frontlines (Chan, 2008). Competent leadership is seen as an important factor which directly affects a schools performance whereby with an effective principal at the helm being able to steer his or her school towards…

How would you describe your own management style? Now that you know more about the management styles and its outcomes, are there any areas of your management style that you may want to change? •I practice on laissez faire management and autocratic management in different situation. I was working in ICU/CCU department for 4 year 5 month. When I was working with my senior and intermediate senior on that shift, I will practice on laissez faire management cause I felt safe when working with them,…

Since the early 1900s, advancements in the modern society have provided unique accomplishments as well as challenges, which are shaping the modern era through both conflicting values of freedom and efficiency. Finding the balances between these two and other values sets the framework of organizational theories of thought. There are five commonly known organizational theories such as the classical, humanist, neoclassical, systems, and new public management theory that all try to create a specific…

mean that a leader can bring out the best in people by first understanding their psychology and this goes a long way in suggesting to me the attitude of a team member towards his job. Therefore, I’m in consonance with Theory Y as propounded by Douglas McGregor and quoted by Peter G. Northouse, that people are self-motivated and will seek and accept…

What is leadership? Leadership can be traced back millions of years; one could postulate that the first forms of life on earth showed forms of leadership. For instance, Insects show leader ship behaviors with their foraging skills, as do birds with flocking. Thus, people from ancient times to now have tried to explain where leadership is derived. Consequently, there are seven theories that have been composed to explain leadership, great person, trait, behavioral, situational, contingency,…

It is very important for Silvertail Airlines to make amendments so that it will match its new image. However, based on the conversation between Sam and Bobbi, it is unethical to dismiss the existing employers by intentionally making their life harder. They are trying to dismiss employees based on physical appearances and concluding that dismissal would be necessary as it will affect the new images portraited. According to an article shared by Khushboo Sinha “layoffs and retrenchments are not…

intelligent and experienced leader's ability to make rational judgements and how it can affect their ability to continue to lead in stressful situations. Effective leaders are those that are able to utilise their intelligence and experience Douglas McGregor developed two contrasting theories on human motivation in the 1960's. These are known as Theory X and Theory Y. Both theories explore how a manager's perception of what motivates his or her team affects the way in which they behave, and how…

Bridger Haffey Mini Paper 2 Embracing Wholehearted Activity: The Manager and Engineer’s Responsibly Following the Industrial Revolution, the role of effective management has shifted from the focus on pure production output through brute force to a more human resource focus of motivating workers to perform efficiently. This shift has been heavily recognized by management theorists like Maslow that suggested that for a person to reach their highest working potential of self-actualization, their…

In any organization, it is beneficial for the management team to understand what drives workers to perform to their utmost potential. These underlying forces which pushes people to strive and persevere can be defined as motivation. Each and every individual within an organization has different personal goals and desires that keep them going, in essence the performance of an employee is quite commonly affected a great deal through their motivation. It is due to this fact that often, management in…