MANAGERIAL GRID

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Task concerns

Plans and defines work

to be done.
Assigns task
responsibilities.
Sets clear work
standards.
Urges task completion.
Monitors performance
results.

People concerns

Acts warm and supportive

toward followers.
Develops social rapport
with followers.
Respects the feelings of
followers.
Is sensitive to followers
needs.
Shows trust in followers.

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What are the important leadership traits and

behaviors?

Team management.
High task concern; high people concern.
Authority-obedience management.
High task concern; low people concern.
Country club management.
High people concern; low task concern.
Impoverished management.
Low task concern; low people concern.
Middle of the road management.
Non-committal for both task concern and people concern.

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Team management calls for:

Management objectives that are mutually determined,

Clarification of organizational goals in alignment with
worker needs,
Creative use of worker talents and skills,
Trust, respect and openness

Most managers espouse this style

Feedback from subordinates often doesnt support this

assumption

Blake and Moutons Grid Theory Causal

Chain
Leadership Styles
Impoverished
Authority-compliance
Country club
Middle of the road
Team management
(ideal)

Ideal Conditions
Universal
Strategies for
Success for a
team
management
style
Degree to which a
combined directive
and supportive
style is used

Performance Goal
Production efficiency.
Follower satisfaction
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Provides a good framework for training and an

ideal management style

Problems

Does not explain why behavior should vary from one

situation to another
Team management does not always appear to be ideal

The causal chain follows

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Managerial Grid (1985)

5 Leadership Styles
Country club management
Authority obedience
Impoverished management
Organizational non-management
Team management

A 9 ,9 management style is described as WORK

ACCOMPLISHMENT IS FROM COMMITTED

PEOPLE; INTERDEPENDENCE THROUGH A
COMMON STAKE IN ORGANIZATIONS PURPOSE
LEADS TO RELATIONNSHIPS OF TRUST AND
RESPECT.