ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Leadership, management and supervision
In Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid, a manager who shows high concern for people but low concern for production is best described as which type?
The manager is a country club manager. Blake and Mouton's grid places high concern for people with low concern for production in the 1,9 position, creating a comfortable atmosphere but weak task focus. Impoverished, authority-compliance and team styles combine the two concerns differently.
- ACountry club managementCorrect
- BImpoverished management
- CAuthority-compliance management
- DTeam management
Explanation
On the grid, high people concern with low production concern is country club management (1,9). Impoverished is low on both, authority-compliance is high production and low people, and team management is high on both.
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