Theory X & Theory Y Managers

Theory X & Theory Y

Theory	Employee Type	Manager Type
X	Employees are lazy	Manager thinks the employees are lazy
	Employees are good	Manager thinks the employees are lazy
Y	Employees are lazy	Manager thinks the employees are good
	Employees are good	Manager thinks the employees are good

Theory X

 Condition 1:- Employees are lazy and Manager assumes that employees are lazy. In this condition Manager doesn’t motivate the employees and he doesnot try to find ways to improve employees' productivity. This condition is degenerative for Organization. We can see this scenario in lots of govt. organizations and this has been a major reason for low productivity among them.

Condition 2:- Employees are good but manager thinks employees are lazy.This condition is also not good. Employees are trying to do their best but they are getting no incentive for that. Manager is not providing proper appreciation and motivation to the employees. This results in deteriorating performance of employees, inclining the organization to move towards Condition 1.

Theory Y

Condition 3:- The employees are lazy but manager thinks  they are good employees. He provides proper motivation and feed back to employees, which results in better performance by employee, inclining the organization to move towards goal.

Condition 4:- This is condition for very effective and efficient organization. Employee is good and he is getting proper motivation to strive for better.

These conditions show that the managers of theory X are having a negative attitude towards the goal where as the managers of theory Y are positive in their approach and tend to think positive and this motivates the entire team and provides the positive energy.

I want to quote an example from my personal experience which is of Condition 2 where employees were good but manager thought that Employees were lazy.

I was working at a Project Site where all the employees were very hard working and just needed some motivation,  but my project manager believed that nobody from the employees was interested in doing his work until and unless he forces them. So he was used to consistently find faults in their work and even when the employees have achieved something he never motivated them instead of that he use to tell them that whatever they have achieved should have been done earlier. This resulted in lack of motivation and lack of interest in the work  among the employees and this resulted in delay in the project.

So this is an example of Theory X manager due to which the project got delayed.