Question

A manager who acts on his/her perception of their subordinates and then allows the subordinates to participate in decision-making, delegates authority to them, and offers them greater job autonomy and job variety would be classified by Douglas McGregor as a __________ manager.

A. Theory YB. demographicC. Human relations D. Theory X E. Theory Z

Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is option A) theory Y

Step-by-step explanation:

Theory Y was developed by Douglas McGregor , which tells about what are managers belief regarding what motivates employees affect their management styles.

According to this theory , managers have positive opinion about their employees, and they want collaboration and a sense of trust between them and their teams members. Here organization has given their employees the opportunity to freely express themselves , get involve in the management , give their suggestions on improvement etc.

In this style of management it is assumed that employees are happy to work, they are actively participating in management decision making, they are self motivated and want to set challenges for themselves and achieve them.