Source: Business Jargons
Definition: Robert Blake and Jane Mouton have developed the Managerial Grid, also called as a leadership grid. According to them, the leadership styles can be identified on the basis of manager’s concern for people and production.
Here, concern for people means the degree to which an individual is committed towards the goal achievement, maintaining self-esteem to workers and satisfying interpersonal relationships. Whereas, the concern fo
The managerial grid identifies five leadership styles based on two behavioral dimensions as shown in the figure focusing on two variables: 1- Production and tasks which means an attitude of superiors leaders towards the quality of procedures and policies, creativeness of research, effectiveness of staff, work efficiency and volume of output. and 2- more concern for people, workers wants and needs.
In the figure, there are 81 possible categories where the leader’s style may fall.
Thus, the managerial grid is a graphical representation of different leadership styles that manager adopts while dealing in the industrial settings and facing different bus. environment opportunities and challenges. انماط القيادة في مواجهة التحديات و اكتساب الفرص
Maher ARAFAT
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