Joseph Lalonde

MAY 23, 2016

M any years ago, my life was touched by a special book. That book was Wild At Heart by John Eldredge. This book made me believe there was more to life than watching TV, playing video games, and being alone. We read sprawling tales of adventure in books. In a good book? The message pulled at my heart.

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Wilde McGregor Training Skills 125

Deming Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

There is a big shift in thinking from thinking that a manager must motivate people to thinking a manager needs to remove the barriers to people’s intrinsic motivation (this of course was explained by Douglas McGregor in 1960 with theory x and theory y thinking in his book The Human Side of Enterprise).

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Deming McGregor Motivation Video 44

Curious Cat

JANUARY 12, 2016

” – Douglas McGregor. . – Taiichi Ohno. The answer to the question managers so often ask of behavioral scientists “How do you motivate people?” ” is, “You don’t.” Performance appraisal is that occasion when once a year you find out who claims sovereignty over you. – Peter Block.

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Ohno Deming McGregor Management 40

CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

It has been the subject of countless books, articles, and academic investigations from the 1980s up to the present day, including a seminal work on the theory by James McGregor Burns in 1978. According to Burns’ book, transformational leadership exists in opposition to transactional leadership.

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Leadership Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Proposal 131

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

In 1960, 11 years after he founded the company that became Circuit City, my father Sam Wurtzel was reading a book he couldn't put down: The Human Side of Enterprise , by MIT professor Douglas McGregor. The next morning, he called McGregor's office and asked for a meeting with him.

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McGregor Human Resources Retail Taylorism 9

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 20, 2011

By now you should be familiar with Jeffrey Fox and his several bestselling business books, with the most recent being his best…thus far: How to Be a Fierce Competitor: What Winning Companies and Grerat Managers Do in Tough Times (2010). I just received an email alert from his website that includes this offer: You can [.].

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Company Books How To Management 75

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. In his book “ Leadership ” he talks about the transformational impact that occurs on performance and morale when a leader connects a follower’s sense of identity to the collective identity of the organization.

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McGregor Middle Management Hammer Influence 278

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Yet two recent and excellent books ( Inside Apple , by Adam Lashinsky and Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson) describe a management style that was disturbingly harsh. It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago.

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McGregor Micromanagement Leadership Performance Review 14

Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Human Side of Enterprise by Douglas McGregor. Reward and Incentive Programs are Ineffective — Even Harmful by Peter Scholtes. The Trouble With Motivation – Deming’s SoPK Part II by Jussi Kyllonen. Tim Higgins on Psychology and Intrinsic Motivation. Peter Scholtes on Understanding People and Motivation.

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Deming Management McGregor Resistance 53

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

His book Concept of the Corporation , published in 1946, was a direct response to Alfred P. Douglas McGregor’s “Theory Y” is representative of the genre. Peter Drucker, one of the first management specialists to achieve guru status, was representative of this era.

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Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 9

Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Human Side of Enterprise by Douglas McGregor. Reward and Incentive Programs are Ineffective — Even Harmful by Peter Scholtes. The Trouble With Motivation – Deming’s SoPK Part II by Jussi Kyllonen. Tim Higgins on Psychology and Intrinsic Motivation. Peter Scholtes on Understanding People and Motivation.

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Deming Management McGregor Resistance 34

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Warren credited various influences, including Douglas McGregor, whose exposition of Theory X versus Theory Y famously opened managers’ eyes to better ways of managing people. I think that may be just the name for a book which is going to deal with issues of generosity, respect, redemption, and sacrifices. Leadership'

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