Explore Charles Handy’s management theory and how his four workplace cultures shape leadership, motivation and company ...

Getting down to business with two journalists at The Economist, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. Maybe you've never paid much attention to the ideas spouted in those bestselling business ...

Whether they are motivating employees, making decisions, allocating resources or negotiating deals, managers are vital for business. Managers have been an integral factor for business success since ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover positive change for individuals and organizations. Do you remember the 1992 movie A Few Good Men? This movie illustrated ...

Do you ever feel like you’re being pulled in a million directions? In addition, maintaining a balanced work-life seems impossible when to-do lists stack up and deadlines loom. This is where ...

The Theory X and Theory Y management styles were introduced by Douglas McGregor in his 1960 book, "The Human Side of Enterprise." He identified two distinct approaches to management and labeled them ...

Peter Drucker is world-renowned for his innovative thinking in the ways of business management. His work turned management theory into a serious discipline among sociologists and he participated in ...

Sixty years ago, social psychologist Douglas McGregor developed two different theories — Theory X and Theory Y — about how managers perceive employees. Theory X managers are authoritarian. They ...