Which of the following is not an assumption of Theory Y?
A) The average human being learns, under proper conditions, not only to accept but to seek responsibility.
B) The capacity to exercise a relatively high degree of imagination, ingenuity, and creativity in the solution of organizational problems is narrowly distributed in the population.
C) External control and the threat of punishment are not the only means for bringing about effort toward organizational objectives.
D) Under the conditions of modern industrial life, the intellectual potentialities of the average human being are only partially utilized.
E) The expenditure of physical and mental effort in work is as natural as play or rest.

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Theory Y assumes that the capacity to exercise imagination, ingenuity, and creativity is widely distributed in the population, whereas option B states that it is narrowly distributed, which contradicts this assumption.

Which of the Following Is Not an Assumption of Theory