X Theory of managment
... the Catholic Church. McGregor described the X Theory as an attempt to manage people by motivating them through, in older times, physical force and power, and now through moral authority along with monetary compensation. The X theory is more of an authoritarian rule than a helpful motivator, like theory Y. (Radio/television/cable management third edition, Pg 23) The only manager that describes the actions assumed by the X theory was my manager at Target. She didn’t use any form of positive incentive to encourage her employees to work hard and trust her decisions. If anyone had a different idea than hers they were wrong and to suggest another idea was undermining her authority. Not only did she have a strict managing system but she also let the power go to her head. She would tell my boss that, if he was going to undermine her authority, that he could just go home. She had personal relations with a couple of the pre-employed and current employees. She would yell at employees in front of others, and degrade their work habits. She would use the threat of being fired if one did not work fast or hard enough. Every one had a set time to be done in there area and if they were not done they would be reprimanded. I would not ever be this kind of manager. I would instead of telling an employee that they are too slow or did there work wrong, I would encourage them to work faster by showing them how to do it correctly and by giving them positive reinforcement. Our old bosses would buy us all doughnuts at 4:00 am to help motivate us. He also used a tactic stating if I could beat him in a race to stock shelves he would buy me a soda. It showed me not only how to work fast and hard but also showed me that he could work just as hard. This gave me a greater feeling of respect for him. Another example of the X theory I have dealt with is my father. He was in the Army for 10 years as was his father. Needless to say he has had an X theory manager his whole life. This x theory life style he has learned has influenced not only his professional life but his personal life as well. The only way he knows how to act is as an authoritarian, tough love kind of manager and father. He is so used to this notion of I’m the boss do as I say and don’t question my authority. My father used to have my brother and I make our beds so he could bounce a quarter off of them. He tried to raise my brother and I to be this kind...