A new HR manager is stunned when the owner of the company visits her one afternoon and proceeds to go through a laundry list of everything that is wrong with each of his employees. He characterizes them as lazy, unwilling to put forth any extra effort, and largely "in it for themselves." She has just learned that the owner of the business subscribes to:
A) Theory X.
B) Theory Y.
C) Theory Z.
D) Type A personality.

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Theory X is a management theory that assumes employees dislike work, avoid responsibility, and need to be coerced or threatened with punishment to work hard. The owner's characterization of his employees as lazy and unmotivated suggests that he subscribes to Theory X.

A New HR Manager Is Stunned When the Owner of the Company