Leadership – Theory Z
By: Ray Myers, Jr., PMP
The Americanized Japanese style of management believes that people are:
- Self motivated
- Loyal
- Characteristics
- Long term, semi-permanent employment
- Workers are participative
- Workers perform many and varied tasks
- Emphasizes job rotation and generalization
- Continuously trains workers
- Managers trust workers
- Managers are typically coaches
- Workers have input into decision-making process
- Conflict resolved with discussion, collaboration and negotiation
- Frequent performance appraisals
- Slow promotions
By William Ouchi
About the Author: Ray Myers, Jr. is a PMP certified project manager with over 2o years experience planning and managing technology projects. Contact Ray at wwwpmservicesnw.com
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