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INTRODUCTION:

WHAT IS THE BLAKE MOUTON GRID?

The blake mouton grid plots a manager's or leader's degree of task-centeredness versus their person-centeredness, and identifies five different combinations of the two and the

leadership styles they produce. It's also known as the managerial grid, or leadership grid, and was developed in the early 1960s by management theorists robert blake and jane

mouton.

The model is based on two behavioral dimensions:

Concern for people: this is the degree to which a leader considers team members' needs, interests and areas of personal development when deciding how best to accomplish a task.

Concern for results: this is the degree to which a leader emphasizes concrete objectives, organizational efficiency and high productivity when deciding how best to accomplish a task

Grid model (the blake and mouton managerial grid

Model

The managerial grid model is a self assessment nod by which individuals and organizations

Can hodp ideniny a manager's or leadera tule. The urid was originally developed by rober1 r

Blake and jane s. Mouton in the 1960s and has evolved in subsequent decades

Blake, a pioneer in organizational dynamies and an american management theoretician, and

Mouton, also a management theoretician, focused on the human side of business leadership in

The 1950s and 1960s. During their work to improve effective leadership at exxon, they noted

That management behavior worked on axes (ie, concer for production, concern for people)

And moved along a continuum. They went on to create the managerial rid theory of

Leadership styles. They formed scientific methods inc. (now crid international inc.) In

Austin, texas, in 1961, and together published the first edition of "the managerial grid" in

1964. They consulted for numerous organizations in 40 countries and also developed a global

Network of consultants. They co-authored more than 40 books and seminars as well as

Hundreds of articles.

The blake and mouton managerial grid model is created using a horizontal axis and vertical

Axis that meet at a right angle.

"concern for production" runs along the horizontal axis on a 9-point scale. A 1, or low

Concern for production, is placed to the far left of the horizontal line, close to the right angle;

A 9, or high concern for production, is located on the far right of the horizontal line.

"concern for people" runs along the vertical axis on a 9-point scale. A 1, or low concern, falls
At the bottom of the vertical line, close to the base near the right angle, while a 9, or high

Concern for people, is placed at the top of this vertical axis.

Leadership styles

A manager rated 9,1 possesses a high concern for production but low concern for people and

Has an "authority-obedience" style

He can thus be referred to an autocratic leader

A manager with a 1,9, in contrast, possesses a low concern for production but high concern

For people and has a "country club management style." this type of leadership style could be assimilated to democratic leadership.

A manager who rates 1,1 (on the grid's lower left quadrant) possesses a low concern for both

Production and people and has an "impoverished management" style or laisser faire

A 9,9 rating designales a "lea management" style and falls in the urid's upper right quadrant. High

Work accomplishment is from committed people.interdependence through a “common stake" in organization purpose leads to relationships of trust and respect.

A 5,5 rating falls in the center of the grid and designates an "organization man management"

Style

Alternative and updated labels are sometimes used in place of these original styles. For

Example, "indifferent" is sometimes used in place of "impoverished", "accommodating" in

Place of "country club"; and "status quo" in place of "middle of the road."

Organizations use this tool to assess individual managers and identify their management

Styles with the aim of helping them build leadership excellence.

Individuals can assess themselves using questionnaires asking, for example, how strongly they value accomplishinga task and how much they enjoy challenges and coaching

employees.

The blake-moutonmanagerial grid model is one of several assessment tools, such as the well-known myers-briggs type indicator personality inventory, that businesses can utilize to

evaluate managers and leaders.

The managerial grid, which is also known as the leadership grid, can help managers
Understand their management strengths and shortcomings, an understanding that allows

Managers and their supervisors and hr partners to identify needed training and support to

Drive improvement.

Conclusion:

Having read all the leadership styles i can then conclude by saying a good leader should be able to accommodate each of the leadership styles with respect to its subordinate’s and

context environment