Style Approach

What leaders do and how they act

3 Descriptive Models

The Ohio State Studies

• Initiating Structure
• Consideration
• LBDQ
• Orthogonal dimensions
• Is there a "best combination"?

The U. of Michigen Studies

• Employee orientation
• Production orientation
• Opposite ends of a continum
• Change of perspective
• Unclear results

Blake and Mouton's Grid

• Concern for production
• Concern for people
• Five major leadership styles

Blake and Mouton's Grid

Blake and Mouton's Grid

• Authority-Compliance (9,1)
• Country-Club Management (1,9)
• Impoverished Management (1,1)
• Middle-of-the-Road Management(5,5)
• Team Management (9,9)

Blake and Mouton's Grid

• Paternalism/Maternalism 
• Opportunism
• Dominant and Backup styles

Blake and Mouton's Grid

• Strengths
• Criticisms
• Application