All of the following are characteristics of McGregor's Theory X except
A) people have the ability to help accomplish an organization's goals.
B) people dislike work and try to avoid it.
C) managers must coerce, control, and threaten employees.
D) people must be led because they have little ambition.
E) people are concerned mainly with security.

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McGregor's Theory X assumes that people dislike work, have little ambition, need to be coerced and threatened to work, and are primarily motivated by security. However, it does not state that people are unable to help accomplish an organization's goals.

All of the Following Are Characteristics of McGregor's Theory X