Day: July 2, 2024

Lucy is a manager with Alex plc.

Her staff all agree that she adopts a Theory X style of management.

Which of the following statements reflects these assumptions?

a. People must be threatened with punishment if the organisation is to meet its objectives
b. The average person avoids responsibility
c. The intellectual potential of the average person is only partially utilised

Select ONE answer:

1. a and b only
2. b and c only
3. a and c only
4. a, b and c

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

1. Correct – As well as thinking that individuals dislike work and avoid it where possible, Statements a and b are assumptions of a manager who adopts a Theory X style of management, whilst Statement c is an assumption of a manager who adopts a Theory Y style of management.
2. Not correct
3. Not correct
4. Not correct

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