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			              Is a Bottom-up Approach a Theory Y Approach?
David Wilson, Manager, Canada, Premium Member
 are 1960's theories of human motivation created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. They describe two very different attitudes toward workforce motivation. McGregor felt companies followed either one or the other approach.
- In Theory X, which has been proven counter-effective in most modern practice, management assumes employees are inherently lazy and will avoid work if they can and that they inherently dislike work.
- In Theory Y, management assumes employees may be ambitious and self-motivated and exercise self-control.
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			                  		Theory Y may Lead to a Bottom up Approach
														
														Andrea Kelly
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			                  			Theory X or Theory y versus Bottom-up Perspective

															Earl G. Rowe, Project Manager, Jamaica, Member
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			                  			Theory X and Bottom Up

															Jaap de Jonge, Management Consultant, Netherlands
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			                  			Bottom Up Change Has a Better Chance with a Theory Y Mindset

															Brett E Holdeman, Student (University), United States, Member
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			                  			Theory y and Bottom-Up Go Hand-in-hand

															Brett E Holdeman, Student (University), United States, Member
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