Question

_________ blends Japanese and American management practices into a hybrid approach which calls for long-term employment, collective decision making, and individual responsibility for the outcome of decisions. Select one: a. Theory A b. Theory X c. Theory Y d. Theory Z

Answer 1

theory a

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Answer 2

The correct answer is letter "D": Theory Z.

Step-by-step explanation:

Theory Z proposes corporate improvement through an American-Japanese mixture of management practices that include long-term security, the decentralized making of core decisions, and individual responsibility. The theory is attributed to American professor William Ouchi (born in 1943) who identified the main characteristics of American economic entities and mixed their characteristics with Japanese organizations' practices.