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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.
Theories X, Y and various versions of Z have been used in human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational communication and organizational development. McGregor's Theory X states that workers inherently dislike and avoid work and must be driven to it, in contrast to Theory Y which states that work is natural and can be a ...
Theory X and Theory Y also have implications in military command and control (C2). Older, strictly hierarchical conceptions of C2, with narrow centralization of decision rights, highly constrained patterns of interaction, and limited information distribution tend to arise from cultural and organizational assumptions compatible with Theory X.
This psychological concept proposed that how one viewed human relationships to those of an enterprise determined their style of management. Theory X proposes that people inherently lack the motivation and desire for responsibility and need to be closely supervised, directed, and tightly controlled in order to achieve team objectives. [3]
Ouchi first came to prominence for his studies of the differences between Japanese and American companies and management styles. His first book in 1981 summarized his observations. Theory Z : How American Management Can Meet the Japanese Challenge and was a New York Times best-seller for over five months.
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)
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Here here. Theory Z was only devised by Ouchi as a result of McGregor's Theories X and Y. I agree, link them closely, but they are seperate topics and seperate management styles. Theory Z is, in effect, a go-between for Theory X and Theory Y, but is a seperate entity. Rob, 16/11/06 Don't merge.