Discussion Questions - Essay Example

Discussion Question Essay 9th July, Discussion Question Theory X is a style of management that assumes employees dislike their work; they avoid responsibility and needs direction, have to be controlled or threatened, need to be supervised and need to be enticed to produce work. They are vertical in hierarchy. Theory Y refers to participative style of management, and employees are considered motivated and willing to take responsibility for their work, seek and accept the work and require little direction and most important consider work as a natural part of their lives.

These organizations are more horizontal in nature (Tool, 2014). I prefer Theory Y as an employee and as a manager. Self-motivated employees are beneficial for the organization. Employees gain success through hard-work and doing their work right. They can also prove their work through constant enthusiasm, taking on new ventures, and bringing in creative work processes. In my work, I have gained excellence through constant hard-work and introducing creative work, breaking the old chain and trying to make it as new as the time.

I admire my team leader who is authoritative, creative yet open to new changes. He does not believe that he is the boss of all and at the same time he does not take credit for other’s work; he ensures that all his employees are rewarded accordingly. A group is a number of things and persons who have some relationship to one another; it is a subset of a culture or a society. A team is any group of people involved in the same activity, especially referring to work (Boundless, 2014). A team is a subset of group; a team tends to be closer and work together and holds stronger sense of collective identity.

High performance team is one which delivers results. I have been a part of the team that introduces credit lines to the microfinance industry. The team work had paid off due because of the contribution of expert advice from each group member. If my team is having difficulty in taking a decision, I would sit with the team members and discuss the reason for this difficulty and the possibility of arriving at a decision. All humans are different and need to be communicated to differently; that is why a decision well understood by one person does not mean that it is understood by all other employees as well.

I have dealt with clients from different countries including Bangladesh, India, and Turkey. I have always dealt with the companies differently, because same decisions have to be communicated separately to different companies. I took into account the cultural and ethical aspects of each country and then communicated with them accordingly. Change has to be dealt with very carefully; a lot of policies and procedure changes and might cause demotivation to the employees. I would first of all ensure what changes are within acceptable limit, and then would further alter the changes which will be difficult to change.

I would lay down all the changes, than would prioritize them and would see the effect of each change on the organization as the whole. During implementation phase I would take into account the emotions of human resources; once all pre-changes plans are organized I would implement the change with full force. BibliographyBoundless. (2014). Differences Between Groups and Teams. Retrieved 2014, from Boundless: https://www.boundless.com/management/groups-teams-and-teamwork/defining-teams-and-teamwork/differences-between-groups-and-teams/Tool, M. (2014). Theory X and Theory Y.

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