The managers of a meat packing plant believe that the average person dislikes work and will avoid it when possible. As a result, they focus on coercing, controlling, directing, and threatening their workers with punishment to get them to work toward achieving the company's objectives. One method they initiated was an employee ranking system that ranked 50 percent of employees as below expectations. This company has adopted

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In this scenario, the company has adopted McGregor's Theory X perspective. Theory X managers believe that the average person naturally dislikes work and will avoid it when possible; most workers must be coerced, controlled, directed, or threatened with punishment to get them to work toward the achievement of organizational objectives; and the average worker prefers to be directed and to avoid responsibility, has relatively little ambition, and wants security. Initiating an employee ranking system is an example of using the Theory X perspective.

The Managers of a Meat Packing Plant Believe That the Average