The business world has changed significantly since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The structure of employment when it comes to contemporary workers is becoming progressively more focused, isolating, and cold. Although modern technology has made it feasible to be able to improve people’s production, successful human cooperation remains needed for long-standing organizational prosperity.
Although people [...]

Lots of folks are planning to take training courses to become properly certified not to mention accredited as a Project Management Professional, or PMP. They’re motivated to take up education because of the benefits and advantages that a project management career can give to them.
Apart from the workers themselves, a lot of companies are also [...]

You’ve heard of them. You’ve seen them on shows like Outsourced , Office Space , and Dilbert . Heck! You’ve probably even worked for one… the dreaded…
Theory X Manager
Douglas McGregor used the concept of the Theory X manager as a representation of one way to manage employees – in fact, the prevalent way to [...]

Quiz Time!  How much do you know about Theory X?

Consider the following question about the Theory X management style:
Which of the following is Theory X is consistent with?

the autocratic management style
Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management principles
Sigmund Freud’s teachings about human motivation
All of the above

The answer might surprise you.

Project Management Methodology
Though project management has traditionally been restricted to specialized professionals in technical fields, times are changing. Modern organizations are now applying the project framework across their workforce. Many of us who previously only had to deal with a relatively simple list of work responsibilities are now having to confront [...]

Theory X: Money makes the world go ‘round
While watching the documentary Office Tigers , the story of the American owned business in India, I was consistently reminded of my recent reading of Douglas McGregor’s Human Side of Enterprise . This is obviously one very Theory X company .
A key concept in a Theory X [...]

The 1960 Book That Brought Us Theory X and Theory Y
This is probably the most intense book it has ever been my outstanding pleasure to analyze. This publication, penned in the 60’s, is among the most meaningful and by far most relevant management textbooks crafted during the last century. Dr. Douglas McGregor introduces us to [...]

There is substantial consideration that Sigmund Freud’s theory of motivation and assumptions of attitudes and human nature was the origin of Theory X management, as popularized through Douglas McGregor’s exploration of Theory X and Theory Y in 1960.
Sigmund Freud’s Theory X Writings
Given that Sigmund Freud was very vocal about his beliefs about the [...]