Sample Essay
As time progressed, various management theorists devised opposing theories which proved that money is not the only motivating factor and that there exist other factors that determine one’s stance at work. Related arguments can be drawn based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s hygiene and motivating factors and McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. Thus, the workers that Taylor described as being productive due to money as being the only motivator could be related to McGregor’s Theory X individuals (Byrnes 2003, p. 55); these are people who are not self motivated and are most likely to be pushed or forced to work. Therefore, it also had various other limitations as workers would deem their job invaluable thereby sacrificing quality in order to produce more and more units and undermine the quality of output.
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