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UGC NET June 2025 Political Science
Consider the following ideas associated with Douglas McGregor and choose the correct answer:
- 1. Theory X: the alternate assumptions of integration and self-control
- 2. Theory Y: the coercive compulsions
- 3. Scanlon Plan
- 4. The Human Side of Enterprise
- 5. Linking Pin Model
A3, 4 & 5 only
B3 & 4 only ✓ Correct
C1, 2, 3 & 4 only
D1, 2 & 4 only
Correct answer: (B) 3 & 4 only — The ideas correctly associated with McGregor are the Scanlon Plan and The Human Side of Enterprise, so the answer is 3 and 4 only.
Explanation
★The ideas correctly associated with McGregor are the Scanlon Plan and The Human Side of Enterprise, so the answer is 3 and 4 only.
★Douglas McGregor is best known for Theory X and Theory Y.
★The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) is his famous book that introduced these two sets of assumptions.
★He also discussed the Scanlon Plan, a gain-sharing scheme that fits his participative, Theory Y outlook.
★Statement 1 is wrong because integration and self-control belong to Theory Y, not Theory X.
★Statement 2 is wrong because coercive compulsion describes Theory X, not Theory Y.
★The Linking Pin Model is Rensis Likert's idea, not McGregor's, so the correct set is 3 and 4 only.
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