A Manager in an IT Company Believes That His Team

question 31

Multiple Choice

A manager in an IT company believes that his team members are inherently lazy,dislike work,and will avoid work if they can.He relies heavily on threat and coercion to gain their compliance.Which one of the following theories of human motivation is evident here?

• A)theory Z
• B)theory XY
• C)theory X
• D)theory Y
• E)equity theory

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Definitions:

Payment Date

The specific date on which dividends are actually paid out to shareholders or when a debt obligation must be repaid.

Controlling Influence

The power to govern the financial and operating policies of another entity through ownership, contract, or otherwise, often resulting in a parent-subsidiary relationship.

Parent

A company that controls other companies (subsidiaries) through ownership of more than half their voting stock or by having a significant influence over them.

Equity Method Investments

An accounting technique used to record investments in which the investor has significant influence over the investee but does not control it outright, typically through the ownership of 20% to 50% of the voting stock.