ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DECISION MAKING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the Blake Mouton Managerial Grid, what name is given to a leadership style with low concern for people and low concern for performance?
A
Country club
B
Impoverished management
C
Middle of the road
D
Team management
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Impoverished or “indifferent” manager is mostly ineffective.

Detailed explanation-2: -Impoverished management style Impoverished managers score low on both the concern for people axis and the concern for results axis.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Managerial Grid, propounded by Blake and Mouton, is based on a manager’s concern for people and concern for production. The most effective management style as characterized by the Managerial Grid is high concern for people and high concern for production. This model is regarded as a leadership model.

Detailed explanation-4: -High People-High Task-This style combines a high concern for and involvement in the group with a strong well-organised and communicated focus on achieving the task. Blake and Mouton saw this as the ideal behavioural approach.

Detailed explanation-5: -Country Club Leadership Opposite of Task Leadership, the Country Club Style is characterized by a low concern for production and high concern for people. Such leaders intend to create a cordial and comfortable working environment that increases job satisfaction.

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