Leadership McGregor Technology 
The Practical Leader
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
In 1960, MIT management professor, Douglas McGregor’s book, The Human Side of Enterprise, outlined the opposing motivational approaches of Theory X and Theory Y. Last year, I facilitated a planning retreat with a back-to-the-future technology colossus. They had a massive turnover problem.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 13, 2012
It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago. Jobs would make decisive decisions on large and small issues and again and again would be proved right by the market or technology. Knight's treatment of players has been termed abusive.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
101 
Let's personalize your content