Table 17.1
Employee-centred leader
Production centred leader
1. Treats employees as human beings
1. Treats employees as tools in the production
process.
2. Shows concern for the welfare of workers
2. Emphasises production targets and technical
aspects of the job
3. Encourages and involves employees
3. Exercises close supervision and control.
in decision making
Ohio State University Studies:
This studies identified the leadership behaivour - consideration and
initiating structure. Consideration (C) refers to mutual trust, friendship and warmth between the leader
and his staff. Initiating Structure (IS) implies the degree to which the activities of subordinates are
defined and work procedures are established. The researchers used a Leader Opinion Questionnaire
(LOQ) to systematise leader’s self-perception of the leadership style. A Leader Behaviour Description
Questionnaire (LBDQ) was developed to be answered by the leaders.
High consideration
High consideration
Low structure
High structure
Low structure
High structure
Low consideration
Low consideration
(Low) - Initiating
Structure - (High)
Fig 17.5 Leaderhsip Quadrants
The Managerial Grid:
Blake and Mouton
have developed a grid to explain leader behaviour. They
point out that leadership style is a blend a matrix wherein task-oriented and
relations - oriented
behaviour mix in different degrees to evolve the composite style.
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One is considered minimum while Nine is considered maximum on the conlinuum. Totally there are
as many as 81 leadership styles but the most prominent ones are only five in number.They are:
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