Question

Anand is a manager who believes that he can force his subordinates to work extra hours through close supervision. He instills fear among employees by threatening to cancel bonuses if deadlines are not met. Anand could be described as a

Answer 1

Answer:

Theory X Manager

Explanation:

Douglas McGregor presented this perspectives of human being named as Theory X (which is labeled as negative). McGregor after studying the manager's behavior and how they are dealing with their employees, came to the conclusion that the manager’s views of the nature of human beings are built on the particular assumptions taken from their behavior.

 

According to Theory X, managers tend to believe that not liking the work is present in employee nature and therefore it is necessary to direct or even force them to perform tasks and their required job.

 

To put it another way, theory X basically tries to put that all humans and particularly employees are lazy, and they don't want to work, they are required to pull and push for doing so.