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Leadership: A Behavioral Approach
Leadership: A Behavioral Approach
Leadership: A Behavioral Approach
Research Developments
A Behavioral
Popularizing this Approach: Approach
1. Lewin, Lipitt, & White
Study
2. The U of M Studies
3. The Ohio State Studies
4. The Managerial Grid
Building a Pyramid Exercise!
The Lewin, Lippitt, &White Study
Groups of 10- and 11-year- old boys to meet
after school to work on various hobbies.
Initiating Structure:
1. Tells group members what is expected
2. Promotes the use of standardized procedures
3. Makes decisions about work methods
4. Clarifies role relationship among group members
5. Sets specific goals and monitors performance closely
Ohio State Studies
Surveyed 1000's of workers about their perceptions
of their supervisor (LBDQ)
CHARACTERISTICS:
Leaders of high producing groups; leaders rated
highly by superiors; low morale, high grievance rates,
high turnover
Consideration Behavior
The leader shows concern for subordinates and
attempts to establish a warm, friendly, and
supportive climate.
CHARACTERISTICS:
Leaders of groups with high morale; leaders of groups
with lower productivity
Two Variables
These two behaviors were not viewed as opposite
ends of a continuum, but as independent variables.
Initiating Structure
Consideration
Four Leadership Styles Derived
from the Ohio State Studies
Consideration Consideration
Low High
Initiating Structure
The Leadership Grid
The results of behavioral studies were incorporated
into a grid
7
6 5.5
Middle-of-the-
5 road-management
4
3
1.1 9.1
2 Impoverished Authority-
management compliance
1
Low
Low 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 High
Concern for Production
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