MANAGERIAL GRID?

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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 17: LEADERSHIP

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What is Managerial Grid?

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This is a model by Robert Blake & Jane Mouton

and is a behavioral leadership model.

This concerns for the production and the people on a
1 to 9 scale.
product on the horizontal axis [x-axis].
People on the vertical axis [y-axis].
This is used to analysis and coach managers on
their relationship skills.

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Managerial Grid graph 1

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Managerial Grid graph 2

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High

Concern for
people

[1,9]
Country club
management
[5,5]
Middle of the
road
Management

Medium

Low

[9,9]
Team
Management

[1,1]
Impoverished
Management
Low

[9,1]
Authority
Compliance
Medium

High

Concern for production (task)

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What are the different leadership styles found

here?
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This concept distinguish 5 different leadership styles,

based on the concern for the people and even for
the production:
1) Impoverished style [1,1].
2) Country club style [1,9].
3) Authority-compliance style [9,1].
4) Middle of the road style [5,5].
5) Team style [9,9].

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1) Impoverished style [1,1].

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This is a lazy approach of management style.

Managers do not show any kind of concern to their

employees neither to the production.

Managers avoids to get into trouble and their main
concern is not to be held responsible for any
mistakes.
As a result of this approach, there will be
disorganization, dissatisfaction, & disharmony due to
lack of effective management.

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2) Country club style [1,9]

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This is one side approach. There is more attention to

the employee needs than to focus on the production.

Managers have high concern to the employee and
lower concern to the production.
They pay attention to their security & comfort of the
employee hoping to increase performance. As result,
friendly atmosphere created but not necesscerily
very productive.

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3) Authority-compliance style [9,1]

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This is the opposite of the previous style. Here

production gets a lot of attention & usually managers

use autocratic leadership style.
High concern for production and less to employee
concern in which the manager thinks that employees
needs are unimportant.
Pressures employees though rules and punishment,
and so high output produced, high labor turnover.

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4) Middle of the road style [5,5]

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Managers try to balance between the competing

goals of the company and the needs of the workers

needs.
Managers try to show concern for both employee and
production.
Managers hope for good performance.
Managers believes this is the most anyone can do.

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5) Team style [9,9]

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This is the ultimate methods out of them all. Where

by management shows huge concern for both

workers and the production.
Manager encourages teamwork and commitment
among employee and make them feel the are a
member of the companys family.
make employee understand the organizational
purpose and determine the production methods.
Team environment is created based on trust and
respect which leads to high satisfaction .
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