--%>
Assignment Help - homework help

Managerial Grid

The Managerial Grid

The concept of managerial grid was created by R.R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton of USA. They emphasized that leadership style consists of facts on both task oriented and relation oriented behavior in varying degrees. They have used two phrases.

i)    Concern for production: Concern for production means the attitude of the superiors towards a variety of factors concerning production, such as products, procedures, processed, quality of staff service, work load, efficiency and quantity of production.           

ii) Concern for people: Concern for people includes degree of personal commitment towards goal achievement, maintaining the self esteem of workers, responsibility and conductibility based on trust rather than on force and satisfying inter-personal relations.

Figure below, shows the degree of concern for production and for people and possible interactions (combinations) between them. The horizontal axis represents concern for production concern. No. 1 in each case represents the minimum concern and No. 9 represents the maximum concern in ascending order.

a) The 9, 1 Managerial Style (Task): 9,1 scale point indicates efficiency results from arranging work in such a way that human elements have little effect.

b) The 1,9 Managerial Style (Country club) 1,9 scale point indicates the thoughtful attention to needs of people for satisfying relationships which leads to a comfortable, friendly organization atmosphere and work tempo.

c) The 1, 1 Managerial Style (Impoverished): 1,1 scale point indicates that exertion of minimum effort to get required work done is appropriate to sustain organization relationship.

d) The 5, 5 Managerial Style (Middle road): 5,5 scale point indicates that adequate performance is possible through balancing the work requirements with maintaining morale of people at satisfactory level.

e) The 9,9 Managerial style(Team): 9, 9 scale point indicates that work accomplishment from committed people and interdependence through a common stake in organization leads to relationship of trust and respect.

Here we have 81 possible positions on the grid reflecting as many leadership styles, but the focus usually centers around five basic styles. The 9, 1 leader is mainly concerned with production and little concern for people. The leader wants to meet production schedule and get the task done at all cost. The 1,9 style reflects a minimum concern for production and maximum concern for people.

Managerial grid approach is attractive, instructive and has a common sense appeal. The grid helps the manager to identify his own leadership style. It serves as a useful framework for the leaders to understand behavior and reactions of people at work. However, managerial grid fails to take cognizance of environmental factors, nature of subordinates and nature of task. Further, it is impossible to calculate 81 combinations to determine leadership behavior.

 

Style of leader

Effectiveness

1,1 Little concern for either production or people

The impoverished type

Worst Leadership style

1,9 Lowest concern for production highest for people

The country-club type

People-oriented style

9,1 Highest concern for production lowest for people

The autocrat type

Production-oriented style

5,5 Comfortable concern for both production and people

The middle-of-the-road type

Maintain present balance style

9,9 Highest concern for both production and people

The team type

Peak of leadership style

 

   Related Questions in Biology

  • Q : Denaturalizing a protein What are the

    What are the limitations and precautions of De naturalizing proteins

    		•
  • Q : What is Antiseptic Antiseptic : An

    Antiseptic: An antiseptic is a chemical that destroys and captures the growth of bacteria. It is employed in surgery. Some significant antiseptic chemicals are Dettol, Lysol, carbolic acid, potassium permanganate and so on.

    		•
  • Q : What is Data Dictionary Data Dictionary

    Data Dictionary: It is a collection of descriptions of the items or data objects in a data model for the profit of programmers and others who require referring to them. The first step in analyzing a system of objects with which users act together is t

    		•
  • Q : Describe the group of the phylum

    Describe the group of the phylum Chordata which first colonized the terrestrial atmosphere? From which habitat did phylum Chordata come?

    		•
  • Q : Explain Client Relations Client

    Client Relations: Building good relations with clients would be of immense use particularly in hospitality industry. These relations not only help us to service the customer needs better but also builds loyalty in him to be our customer for quite a lo

    		•
  • Q : Mineral salts for cellular osmotic

    What are the major mineral salts accountable for the cellular osmotic regulation? Answer: The major ions which act in the regulation of osmotic pressure in tissues a

    		•
  • Q : Explain extracellular digestion

    Extracellular digestion: It is that digestion in which food breaking into utile molecules which can be internalized by the cell is prepared in the extracellular space, that is, exterior the cell. In extracellular digestion the cells secret substances

    		•
  • Q : How pulmonary ventilation influence the

    How does pulmonary ventilation influence the carbon-dioxide concentration in the blood? What occurs to the carbon-dioxide concentration and to the blood pH whenever the respiratory frequency is either increased or decreased?

    		•
  • Q : Describe pioneer species Describe

    Describe briefly about pioneer species? And also write down the role of pioneer species?

    		•
  • Q : Define the term Efficiency Improvement

    Efficiency Improvement: It is the concept of measuring the output of a specific process or procedure, then modifying the procedure or process to raise the output, increase effectiveness, or raise the effectiveness of the process or procedure. The perc

    		•