This article will elaborate on these different kind of styles and its implications.įigure 1: Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid Concern for Production (Task-Oriented)Ī concern for production means that managers direct subordinates towards goals. Depending on a manager’s score on each of the two axis, you can assign different types of management styles to managers. Each axis on the grid consists of a nine-point scale with 1 meaning a low concern and 9 a high concern. Inspired by these findings, Blake and Mouton from the University of Texas proposed a two-dimensional Managerial Grid based on a manager’s concern for production (task-oriented) and concern for people (relationship-oriented). Even though these two factors are not the only important management behaviours, concern for both the task and the people must been shown at some reasonable level. Ohio State Studies and Michigan Studies), two basic management behaviours can be identified as important: task-oriented behaviour and people-oriented behaviour. What constitutes a good manager? Based on behavioural research studies on leadership and management (e.g.
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