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Passion for the Planet
1, What role, if any, does McGregor's Theory Y play at Patagonia? Explain.
McGregor's Theory Y plays a critically important role in the formation and continual strengthening of the Patagonia culture. It underscores a belief, in fact a core attribute of the company culture, that autonomy, mastery and purpose are critically important for employees to take ownership and thrive in their jobs (Camps, Rodriguez, 2011). Theory Y also brings a very high level of participative management into any culture. In the case of Patagonia, the focus on how to create more trust so collaborative workflows are created and maintained is achieved through participative management (Kim, 2002).
How does Patagonia build human and social capital?
Patagonia takes the mindset that creating a more open, collaborative culture will over time lead to greater levels of human and social capital being generated, accumulated and available for initiatives and strategies to be completed. The steps taken to ensure the development and continual effective growth of human and social capital is predicated on a highly participative leadership style that concentrates...
How does this case bring the profile of the 21st-century manager to life? Explain.
The Patagonia case brings many of the core aspects of the profile of the 21st century manager to life, beginning with the manager being more of a facilitator and less of an autocratic, controlling type of leader. The managers at Patagonia, starting with the CEO, are more focused on how to enable greater levels of autonomy, mastery and purpose, the three core building blocks of long-term learning and ownership of ones' job (Ramsey, 2010). The case also illustrates how effectively Patagonia has shifted their focus away from being focus on formal authority as the primary means to get compliance, to a reliance on expertise and knowledge. This shift in the balance of power within organizations can also lead to entirely new decision-making, ethical and interpersonal relationship standards as well. All of…
References:
Joaquin Camps, & Hannia Rodriguez. (2011). Transformational leadership, learning, and employability. Personnel Review, 40(4), 423-442.
Soonhee Kim. (2002). Participative management and job satisfaction: Lessons for management leadership. Public Administration Review, 62(2), 231-241.
Ali Mohammad Mosadegh Rad, & Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian. (2006). A study of relationship between managers' leadership style and employees' job satisfaction. Leadership in Health Services, 19(2), 11-28.
Ramsey, R.. (2010, October). are you missing out on the power of purpose? SuperVision, 71(10), 19-21.
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