Proponents of "Theory X" of Management Subscribe to the Belief

question 26

Multiple Choice

Proponents of "Theory X" of management subscribe to the belief that employees are inherently:

• A) lazy
• B) creative
• C) self-directed
• D) respected
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Binomial Experiment

An experiment with two outcomes (success and failure) for each trial, with a fixed number of trials and constant probability of success.

Successes

The occurrences of a defined outcome of interest in a series of trials or tests.

Hypergeometric Distribution

A discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k successes in n draws, without replacement, from a finite population of size N that contains exactly K successes.

Probability Distribution

A mathematical description of a random phenomenon in terms of the probabilities of its outcomes.