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This 3 page paper considers whether or not team-based work practices provide an environment of self-policing which encourages the individual to work harder and smarter. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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can be seen as leading to increased levels of motivation and a positive encouragement for both harder and smarter work. There are a number of theorists which have undertaken work
that indicates employees will be more committed to an employer and are likely to be both more productive and prone to innovation when they work in a high trust environment.
In the 1950s Douglas McGregor described his two theories, theory X and Theory Y. Theory X drew on Taylorism and assumed that
man was inherently lazy, lacked ambition and motivation and was disinterested in organizational goals, (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The general perception of scientific management is that it isolates workers and
treats them as parts of a machine, therefore it creates a low trust environment due to the resentment and lack of motivation that this creates. However, this is a very
limited view of Taylorism, as this efficient method of work was originally perceived by Taylor as facilitating teamwork, as he stated that the system should be used with an attitude
of hearty co-operation (Taylor, 1998). However, this did not occur and it may be argued that the teams that were created did not have the attributes of self management
and self policing, due to the low trust environment. Therefore the teams that were put together under this approach have not resulted in higher levels of smarter and harder work,
even if they did create efficiency. It may also be argued that the teams where managed differently to those seen in modern organizations.
McGregors theory Y was more optimistic, it stated people were not naturally this way, but had learnt this behavior from previous experience and managements goal should be to produce
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