University of Michigan and the Managerial Grid

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University of Michigan and the Managerial Grid

• Monique, AJ, Josiah, Shannon and Devan!

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The Managerial Grid

• A two-dimensional grid of leadership behaviours
  based on concern for people vs. concern for
  production.

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The Managerial Grid

• The Managerial Grid was developed by R.R. Blake
  and Jane S. Mouton. The grid is based on the
  behavioural dimensions concern for people and
  concern for production and it evaluates a
  leaders use of these behaviours on a scale of 1
  (which is low) to 9 (which is high).

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The Managerial Grid

• Although there are a total of 81 different
  categories of different behavioural styles on the
  grid, Blake and Mouton concluded that managers
  perform best when they use a 9,9 style. Which is
  Team Management on the grid.

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Five Key Elements of the Grid Theory

• Initiative- Taking action, driving and
  supporting.
• Inquiry- Questioning, researching and verifying
  understanding.
• Advocacy- Expressing convictions and championing
  ideas
• Decision making- Evaluating resources, choices
  and consequences
• Conflict resolution- Confronting and resolving
  disagreements

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Country Club Management

• Concentrating work around peoples needs to create
  satisfying relationships and a friendly
  atmosphere.

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Impoverished Management

• The minimum effort to get required work done to
  sustain organization membership.

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Task Management

• Arranging conditions of work so that human
  elements interfere to a minimal degree.

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Middle-of-the-road Management

• Acceptable organization performance is possible
  if you balance the necessity to get out work with
  maintaining morale of people.

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Team Management

• Work is accomplished from a group of committed
  people. Builds relationships trust and respect.

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University of Michigan Studies

• Objective to Identify behavioural
  characteristics of leaders based on performance
  effectiveness.

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University of Michigan Studies Continued

• Employee oriented leaders that emphasize
  interpersonal relationships.
• Production oriented leaders that emphasize the
  task aspects of the job.
• Results showed Michigan researchers favour
  employee oriented leaders.