Comment on What Makes Employees Work Harder: Punishment or Pampering?Comments−crazygringo13yThis debate has been around for half a century. It's far, far more nuanced than this article suggests. Here's the original formulation of it:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_YBut it's not that Theory Y is necessarily "better". It depends on tons of different variables. And there have been plenty more theories after X and Y...−rhizome13yOn the qualities of The Atlantic's digital strategy and editorial policies:http://nplusonemag.com/the-intellectual-situation-issue-15tl;dr: banned from Reddit−ojbyrne13yAnd there have been plenty more theories after X and Y...Specifically Theory Z - which can probably be summed up as "some combination of both X and Y"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_Z−rhizome13yWhich is an instance of the Hegelian Dialectic, which is itself bullshit.
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This debate has been around for half a century. It's far, far more nuanced than this article suggests. Here's the original formulation of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y
But it's not that Theory Y is necessarily "better". It depends on tons of different variables. And there have been plenty more theories after X and Y...
On the qualities of The Atlantic's digital strategy and editorial policies:
http://nplusonemag.com/the-intellectual-situation-issue-15
tl;dr: banned from Reddit
Specifically Theory Z - which can probably be summed up as "some combination of both X and Y"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_Z
Which is an instance of the Hegelian Dialectic, which is itself bullshit.