Douglas McGregor's Theory X & Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906-1964) was an industrial management professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960's. He was also at one time, the president of Antioch College in Ohio. McGregor believed that the management thinking concepts that were being used at the time were put into place long ago to meet the needs of a more feudal society. In his time, Douglas McGregor felt that the world was …showed first 75 words of 2066 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2066 total…to fully understand these two theories in order to better relate to the human beings (as an understanding of human nature) that work for you and that help you each day to produce and be successful. I would choose Theory Y as an employee, to be given the opportunity to put forth my fullest potential into my work. My motivation & reward would be the pride & success I could feel in a job performance well done.