Malcolm, manager of a purchasing department, keeps a close watch on his employees to make sure they don’t extend their work breaks beyond the 15-minute time allotment. Malcolm would be described as a ________ manager.

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Answer:

theory X

Explanation:

Theory X and theory Y are human behavioral, work motivation and management  assumptions about man propounded by Douglas McGregor. In his theory X McGregor sees employees as lazy people, who dislike work by nature and must be forced or coerced and sometimes punished to work.

On the contrary his theory Y which sees employees as a self motivated natural being who seek responsibility or accept it willingly.

It will be seen from the above that Malcolm is a theory X manager.