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What is the difference between the theoryY and theory Z?

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Heba Naguib Design Manager| Hossam Rashwan Designs Egypt
I was skimming the glossary of pmbok and that question came to my mind .
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Heba -

This is from Douglas McGregor's great book on leadership titled "The Human Side of Enterprise" which was written more than fifty years ago - I would highly recommend you read it.

In short, Theory X managers believe that their staff are not generally trustworthy and need to be pushed or micro-managed to perform. Theory Y managers treat their staff like professionals and trust that they will behave that way.

This does not mean that a Theory Y manager won't act autocratically at times - if the situation demands they will adapt their style to fit the context.

Kiron
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Great comment from @Kiron above. Some more detailed information here: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wmopen-i...and-theory-y-2/
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Heba,

I second Kiron’s feedback ... I never heard of Theory Z, only X & Y.

McGregor’s Theory is one of the Motivational Theories among others like Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, David McCelland’s Theory of Needs, Herzberg’s Theory .... If you are studying for the PMP exam then I suggest you go through all the latter as you might find 1 or 2 questions on those in the exam as part of the HR Management.
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MANDA SATSHISHINGA Manager| Ordem Dos Engenheiros de Angola Luanda, Angola
Theory Y is like stated by Kiron.

Theory Z is the middle of X and Y, is from Japan (Dr. William Ouchi, Japan 1980) concerned with increasing employee loyalty offering job for life.
And result in increased productivity, satisfaction and morale.
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2 replies by Abdul Shahid Salam and Rami Kaibni
Mar 30, 2018 1:08 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Good addition Manda.
Mar 30, 2018 1:10 PM
Abdul Shahid Salam
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Ouchi's Theory Z.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Mar 30, 2018 1:04 PM
Replying to MANDA SATSHISHINGA
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Theory Y is like stated by Kiron.

Theory Z is the middle of X and Y, is from Japan (Dr. William Ouchi, Japan 1980) concerned with increasing employee loyalty offering job for life.
And result in increased productivity, satisfaction and morale.
Good addition Manda.
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Abdul Shahid Salam Project Manager| EXAP Contracting Company Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Mar 30, 2018 1:04 PM
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Theory Y is like stated by Kiron.

Theory Z is the middle of X and Y, is from Japan (Dr. William Ouchi, Japan 1980) concerned with increasing employee loyalty offering job for life.
And result in increased productivity, satisfaction and morale.
Ouchi's Theory Z.

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