Write a short note on Immaturity-Maturity Theory.

 This Theory was developed and presented by Chris Argyris in his work on Personality and Organisation. It is one of the many theories that seeks to explain the relationship between the human nature and behaviour with the organisational structure. In this, Chris Argytis, compared bureaucratic/pyramidal values (the organisational counterpart to Theory ‘X’ assumptions about people) that still dominate many organisations with a more humanistic/ democratic value system (the organisational counterpart to Theory “Y’ assumptions about people). According to this Theory, a person’s development is processed along a continuum ofan immaturity to a maturity scale.

        According to Argyris, still the age-old organisation structures are treating the people as “immature” characterised by laziness, lack of interest and apathy. People are still being believed as money hungry, wasteful and prone to errors. So, to keep them in pace with organisation goals, they are using old organisation principles of task specialisation, unity of direction, chain of command and span of control that require employees to be obedient, submissive, dependent, and passive or subordinate towards organisation leaders. These old organisation principles follow rigid and stringent rules and regulations and emphasise on managerial controls that make the employees feel dependent on their superiors and fearful of the staff personnel in charge of the various types of controls.

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