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Definition: Robert Blake and Jane Mouton have developed the Managerial Grid, also called as a leadership grid. According to them, the leadership styles can be identified on the basis of manager’s concern for people and production. Here, concern for people means the degree to which an individual is committed towards the goal achievement, maintaining self-esteem to workers and … [Read more...] about Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid

Definition: Rensis Likert along with his associates in Michigan University, USA conducted research to study the patterns and styles of managers over three decades, across 200 organizations and developed a four-fold model of the management system that helped in understanding the leadership behavior. Likert’s four systems of management are categorized as follows: … [Read more...] about Likert’s Four Systems of Management

Definition: The Laissez-Faire or Free-Rein is the leadership style wherein the leader gives full freedom to his subordinates to act on their own. Here, the leader once defines the goals, policies, programmes and the limitations for action and then leaves the remaining process to be accomplished by the subordinates on their own. In Laissez-Faire leadership style, the leader … [Read more...] about Laissez-Faire Leadership Style

Definition: In the Participative Leadership Style, the leader encourages his subordinates to contribute their ideas or opinion in the group situations and share responsibility in them. There are four major types of decision-making style that a leader adopts to get the group goals accomplished. These are: Collective Decision Making: Under this leadership style, all the … [Read more...] about Participative Decision Making

Definition: The Participative Leadership Style often called as Democratic or Ideographic style wherein, the leader decentralizes the decision-making process and encourages his teammates to contribute towards the goals and share responsibility in them. In participative leadership style, the leader motivates the team members to get physically and mentally involved in the group … [Read more...] about Participative Leadership

Definition: In the Autocratic Leadership Style, the leader centralizes the decision-making power in himself and give directions to his subordinates as to what they are supposed to do and how they are required to perform the given task. Thus, a leader enjoys the full authority and imposes his will on others. The autocratic leadership style is also known as authoritarian, … [Read more...] about Autocratic Leadership

Definition: The Leadership Styles are the behavioral patterns that a leader adopt to influence the behavior of his followers, i.e. the way he gives directions to his subordinates and motivates them to accomplish the given objectives. The leadership styles can either be classified on the basis of behavioral approach or situational approach. These approaches are comprised of … [Read more...] about Leadership Styles

Definition: The Informal groups are those groups that get created spontaneously as soon as individuals start interacting with each other. The informal groups are formed by the individuals to satisfy their social needs of affiliation, and they emerge on their own and hence not created by the management of the organization. Now the question arises that how the informal groups … [Read more...] about Informal Groups

Definition: The Quality Circle refers to the group of individuals who meet on a regular basis to discuss the work-related problems. Generally, the quality circles are small group gatherings, led by the supervisor or the manager who presents the solutions to the management. The purpose behind the formation of a quality circle is to motivate employees to share the problems … [Read more...] about Quality Circle

Definition: The Task Force is a type of a group, formed temporary, in which people from different disciplinary backgrounds come together to perform a specific task or mission. These are different from the committees in the sense, these are temporary and has broader powers of action and decision, greater responsibilities for investigation, analysis, planning and research. The … [Read more...] about Task Force