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Theory Z of Ouchi is Dr. William Ouchi's so-called "Japanese Management" style popularized during the Asian economic boom of the 1980s.. For Ouchi, 'Theory Z' focused on increasing employee loyalty to the company by providing a job for life with a strong focus on the well-being of the employee, both on and off the job.
Theory Z is a name for various theories of human motivation built on Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y.Theories X, Y and various versions of Z have been used in human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational communication and organizational development.
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (/ ˈ d r ʌ k ər /; German:; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory.
There are several different theories of motivation relevant to Organizational Behavior, including equity theory, [50] expectancy theory, [51] Maslow's hierarchy of needs, [52] incentive theory, organizational justice theory, [53] Herzberg's two-factor theory, [54] and Theory X and Theory Y.
Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. - management, Pulitzer prize for The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (1977) Clayton M. Christensen; Alexander Hamilton Church - industrial management (1900s–1910s) C. West Churchman; Stewart Clegg; Ronald Coase - transaction costs, Coase theorem, theory of the firm (1950s) (Nobel Prize in 1991)
P. Pareto efficiency; Participative decision-making in organizations; Participatory management; Path–goal theory; PEST analysis; PhD in management; Political Parties; Price–performance ratio; Project team builder; Proposal (business)
The following management theories and practices appeared on a 2004 list of management fashions and fads compiled by Adrian Furnham, [5] who arranged them in rough chronological order by their date of appearance, 1950s to 1990s: Management by objectives; Matrix management; Theory Z; One-minute management; Management by wandering around; Total ...
Chris Argyris (July 16, 1923 – November 16, 2013 [1]) was an American business theorist and professor at Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School.Argyris, like Richard Beckhard, Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis, [citation needed] is known as a co-founder of organization development, and known for seminal work on learning organizations.