• the degree to which a leader considers the

needs of team members, their interests, and areas of

personal development when deciding how best to accomplish a task

• The degree to which

emphasizes organizational a leader efficiency and high
deciding how best to accomplish a task
productivity when
 Impoverished style (Indifferent)

• Managers have low concern for

both people and production.

• Managers use this style

to preserve job and job
seniority
• The concern for
main not the
manager
responsible to for be
is
mistakes, which results in hel
less innovative decisions. d
any
 Produce or Perish(The dictatorial)

• High concern
production, for and a
concern for people,
low managers
using this style find employee
needs unimportant

• Pressure employees through

rules and punishments to
achieve goals

• This style is often used in

cases of crisis management.
 Country Club (Accommodating)
• High concern for people and
a low concern for production.

• Managers using this style pay

much attention to the
security and comfort of the
employees, in hopes that this
will increase performance.

• The resulting atmosphere is

usually friendly, but not
necessarily very productive.
 Middle-of-the-road (Status quo)
• Concern for both people and
production

• Managers hope to achieve

suitable performance

• Balance between
company
goals and workers' needs.

• Gives away a bit of each

concern so that neither
production nor people
• needs are completely
 The Team style (sound)

• High concern is paid both to

people and production.

• Managers choosing to use

this style encourage
teamwork and commitment
among employees.

• This method relies heavily on

making employees feel
themselves to be constructive
parts of the company.
• The opportunistic style: Individuals using this style do not have a fixed
location on the grid. They adopt whichever behavior offers the greatest
personal benefit.

• The paternalistic style: Managers using this style praise and support, but
discourage challenges to their thinking.

Merit:
The Managerial or Leadership Grid is used to help managers analyze their
own leadership styles through a technique known as grid training

Demerit:
The model ignores the importance of internal and external limits, matter and
scenario. Also, there are some more aspects of leadership that can be
covered but are not.