LEC02

Theory X and Y of Managers.

Manager	Employees
X	Lazy	Hard working
Y	Hard working	Lazy

The manager can of either X type or Y type and 4 case arises out of theory X and Y of managers.

Case (i): Employees are Lazy and Manager believes that his employees are Lazy.

This case the manager falls under X type.

During my Graduate Engineer Trainee period in Projects Dept I faced with such situation while working in western zone-Mumbai, wherein we were bit laidback and used the reason of reporting to sites directly came to office between 11.30am to 12 noon regularly. My manager believed that we all are lazy and not hard-workers and as a result our zone was very badly represented in the annual review of achievements.

Case (ii): Employees are Hardworking and Manager believes that his employees are Lazy.

This case the manager falls under X type.

During my early role as executive in Projects Dept I faced with such situation while working in North zone-Mumbai, wherein we were of the average age of 26 yr old and used to be very positive and hardworking set of employees. My manager believed that we all are lazy and not hard-workers and as a result our zone team was very badly demotivated and achieved below par targets for a quarter.

Case (iii): Employees are Lazy and Manager believes that his employees are hard workers.

This case the manager falls under Y type.

During my internship at L&T I was in planning dept and have been under such manager who always believed in his employees and created a positive atmosphere. He made the team function in much better way.

Case (iv): Employees are Hardworking and Manager believes that his employees are hard workers.

This case the manager falls under X type.

During my last six months as an executive in Projects Dept I faced with such situation while working in North zone-Mumbai, wherein we had a new manager who was very positive and believed in us. Ultimately we all achieved our quarter targets back to back quarters and put up a good show altogether.