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Argyris Maturity Theory Presentation
Argyris Maturity Theory, presented by
Chris Argyris in
Personality and Organization, is one of the many
theories that seek to explain the human nature and behavior. According
to this theory, a persons’ development is processed along a continuous
break of an immaturity situation to a maturity situation. A mature
person is characterized for being active, independent, self-confident
and self-controlled. On the contrary, an immature person is passive,
dependant, has lack of confidence and feels need of control by others.
Many times, the self organizations
functioning (in terms of work specialization, command chain, delegation
level, control level, etc.), form in themselves a deterrent for the
employees to achieve in a natural way a high maturity level. Many times
organizations expect that their cooperators be passive, dependant, that
have a short term perspective and that produce without requesting a high
control level. According to Argyris, whenever an employee with high
maturity level is before a situation like this tends to take one of
three attitudes:
. Escape: reflects into resignation,
absenteeism, etc.;
. Fight: through structures like unions or
even through an informal organization;
. Adaptation: is the most common reaction
and consists in developing an apathy and indifference attitude, in which
the monthly salary represents compensation for the “punishment” that the
work represents.
Translated from Portuguese
by Susana Saraiva, Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese translation
specialist. Contact: spams@sapo.pt.
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