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1. Identify and discuss (5) major management styles from the managerial grid. The Managerial Grid was developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton. The gird is part of the survey research feedback stem of organizational development and draws on earlier work done at Ohio State University and the University of Michigan (Swanson, 2012, pg. 273). The grid is composed of two dimensions. The dimensions consist of: concern for productions and concern for the people. The way in which a person combines these two dimension s establishes a leadership style in terms of one of the five principal styles identified in the grid (Swanson, 2012, pg. 273). The 5 major management styles as outlined from the managerial grid are as follows: Country Club Management, Team Management, Organization Man Management, Impoverished Management and Authority-Obedience (Swanson, 2012, pg. 273). The first management style is Impoverished Management (1, 1). Impoverished management is described as: extortion of minimum effort to get required work done is appropriate to sustain organization membership (Swanson, 2012, pg. 273). This particular management style creates low production and is ineffective. It is a delegate and disappear approach to management. This management style is used by managers whom want to avoid trouble and they do so by doing minimal work, make minimal decisions and delegate assignments and responsibility onto others. It is a lazy approach to management and as a result it leads to disorganization, dissatisfaction and disharmony due to lack of effective leadership (Zeidan, 2009). The second management style is Country Club Management (1, 9). It is described in the book as: thoughtful attention to needs of people for satisfying relationships leads ... ... middle of paper ... ...erned and to evaluate whether they would make the same decision if they had to do it all over again and make the same decisions (Swanson, 2012, pg. 351). By following these steps and evaluating their decisions, police administrators are able to take the best course of action. By doing so it can alleviate stress on the decision maker as well as avoid situations that may, over time, cause a great deal of personal stress as well as regret and remorse. Work Cited Zeidan, H. (2009) The Blake Mouton Managerial Grid, Identifying five different leadership styles. THE CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT 3rd Quarter 2009 Issue # 39. Retrieved from http://www.lacpa.org.lb/Includes/Images/Docs/TC/TC409.pdf Swanson, C.R. (2012) Police administration: structures, processes, and behavior/Charles Swanson, Leonard Territo, Robert W. Taylor -8th ed. (Swanson, 2012, pg. 251)
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Across the globe, there are CEO’s, managers, and several other individual’s in leadership-type roles that have the expectation of making their company successful in the eyes of the investors, the employees, and the customers that they serve. This may be measured by a company’s gross profitability, employee engagement or overall customer satisfaction. Most companies have leadership models and strategies in place that leaders are expected to use in order to drive the expectations of the company while maintaining consistency across the business. In an effort to examine various types of leadership styles, I have conducted interviews with two individuals that are or have been previously tasked with leading their teams and their company towards success.
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...rting style, or delegating style an effective leader will know which style to use with each person or group.
According to Fiedler (cited in Bolden, Gosling, Marturano & Dennison, 2003)., there is no single characteristic or trait that will create a successful leadership style. Rather, he argues that situations actually shape a general leadership style of a manager. Bolden, Gosling, Marturano and Dennison (2003) have observed that within an environment with repetitive tasks, the most effective leadership style might be a directive one, while a participative leadership style might be required in a dynamic environment. Being an effective leader means to control important specific situations. Taking into account these situations, Fiedler presented three situational components that are considered essential for an effective leadership: leader-member relations, task-structure and position power.
Kirkpatrick, S. A., & Locke, E. A. (2001). Leadership: Do traits Matter? Academy of Management Executive,5,, 48-60.
McLean, J. (2005). Management and leadership: Dispelling the myths. British Journal of Administrative Management, 9(1), 16-17. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=20&sid=5c780ccf-104d-49c6-9368-db4615f766bd%40sessionmgr113&hid=108
Northouse, Peter Guy. Leadership: Theory and Practice. 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004. Print.
This research has asked us to look into three different styles of management and find real life examples of companies or individuals who have or are currently using such styles of management. To begin we will take a look into the use of an autocratic style of management versus a participative. In this portion we will look into Leona Helmsley and her chain of hotels. Once this potion is completed, our next section will be looking into a centralized style of management versus a decentralized style. In this section of the research, we will be looking into Apple Inc and how they have built an empire with a centralized style of managing philosophy. Finally, in the final section of the research we will be taking a look at how Google has created an informal environment in which employees have direct access to executives and have the ability to share thoughts and ideas that are taken serious and to the heart.
Based on Burns (1978) there are two types of basic leadership styles, transformational and transactional. Transactional leaders are in contact with an individual for an exchange that will occur between them while transformational leaders motivate and connect with their followers
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Over the course of my professional career in different organizations in the past three years, I have worked under many managers. This has been a learning curve for me to understand the different managing styles and leadership characteristics of people. One of the managers whom I worked under, was the lead in a government project which also happened to be my last project before I took a break for continuing my studies, is a person I admire till date. I learned several life lessons in addition to the technical subject associated with the industry. This paper demonstrates the leadership styles exhibited by my manager with suitable examples.
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