The Human Side of Enterprise, Annotated Edition

by McGregor, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780071462228
• ISBN10: 0071462228
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-11
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

"What are your assumptions (implicit as well as explicit) about the most effective way to manage people?"So began Douglas McGregor in this 1960 management classic. It was a seemingly simple question he asked, yet it led to a fundamental revolution in management. Today, with the rise of the global economy, the information revolution, and the growth of knowledge-driven work, McGregor's simple but provocative question continues to resonate-perhaps more powerfully than ever before.Heralded as one of the most important pieces of management literature ever written, a touchstone for scholars and a handbook for practitioners,The Human Side of Enterprisecontinues to receive the highest accolades nearly half a century after its initial publication. Influencing such major management gurus such as Peter Drucker and Warren Bennis, McGregor's revolutionary Theory Y-which contends that individuals are self-motivated and self-directed-and Theory X-in which employees must be commanded and controlled-has been widely taught in business schools, industrial relations schools, psychology departments, and professional development seminars for over four decades.In this special annotated edition of the worldwide management classic, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Senior Research Scientist in MIT's Sloan School of Management and Engineering Systems Division, shows us how today's leaders have successfully incorporated McGregor's methods into modern management styles and practices. The added quotes and commentary bring the content right into today's debates and business models.Now more than ever, the timeless wisdom of Douglas McGregor can light the path towards a management style that nurtures leadership capability, creates effective teams, ensures internal alignment, achieves high performance, and cultivates an authentic, value-driven workplace--lessons we all need to learn as we make our way in this brave new world of the 21st century.

Author Biography

Douglas McGregor is one of the most influential management thinkers of all time. His Theory Y has influenced almost every business and workplace model used today.

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT's Sloan School of Management, where his scholarship centers on underlying values and assumptions about people at work, in organizations, and in society--the core of McGregor's contribution.

Table of Contents

EDITOR'S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	vii
FOREWORD TO THE ANNOTATED EDITION	xi
by Edgar Schein
FOREWORD TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PRINTING	xv
by Warren Bennis, 1985
PREFACE	xxi
by Douglas McGregor, 1960
INTRODUCTION TO THE ANNOTATED EDITION	xxv
by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
PART ONE The Theoretical Assumptions of Management
1. Management and Scientific Knowledge	3	(16)
2. Methods of Influence and Control	19	(24)
3. Theory X: The Traditional View of Direction and Control	43	(16)
4. Theory Y: The Integration of Individual and Organizational Goals	59	(24)
PART TWO Theory Yin Practice
5. Management by Integration and Self-Control	83	(22)
6. A Critique of Performance Appraisal	105	(16)
7. Administering Salaries and Promotions	121	(24)
8. The Scanlon Plan	145	(20)
9. Participation in Perspective	165	(14)
10. The Managerial Climate	179	(18)
11. Staff-Line Relationships	197	(16)
12. Improving Staff-Line Collaboration	213	(30)
PART THREE The Development of Managerial Talent
13. An Analysis of Leadership	243	(16)
14. Management Development Programs	259	(22)
15. Acquiring Managerial Skills in the Classroom	281	(26)
16. The Managerial Team	307	(20)
CONCLUSION	327	(4)
CONCLUSION TO THE ANNOTATED EDITION	331	(4)
by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
APPENDIX Archived Material
Douglas McGregor, "On Leadership," Antioch Notes, vol. 31, no. 9, May 1, 1954	335	(6)
Douglas McGregor "The Human Side of Enterprise," in Adventure in Thought and Action, Proceedings of the Fifth Anniversary Convocation of the MIT School of Industrial Management, June 1957, pp. 23-30; also (in condensed form) The Management Review, vol. 46, no. 11, 1957, 22-28.	341	(16)
"Storm over Management Doctrines," Business Week, January 6, 1962, 72-74	357	(6)
MIT Faculty Resolution, 1964.	363	(2)
Thomas Kochan, Wanda Orlikowski, and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, "Beyond McGregor's Theory Y: Human Capital and Knowledge-Based Work in the 21st Century Organization," Thomas Kochan and Richard Schmalensee, eds., Management: Inventing and Delivering Its Future, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003.	365	(38)
INDEX	403