Question

At Virtual Frontier International, employees tend to work with little direct supervision. They are expected to use creativity and imagination on the job because management believes they are committed and professional workers. The management style at Virtual Frontier reflects ____________ attitudes about workers.

Answer 1

Answer: Theory Y

Explanation: The managers following theory Y style assumes that their subordinates are focused workers and possess self control. Thus, in such management style the managers do not strictly monitors the subordinates and the subordinates enjoy open work culture.

In the given case, there is little supervision and the workers are given freedom to use their innovation while performing the tasks during their job.

Hence we can conclude that virtual frontier reflects theory Y management style.