

The Blake and Mouton managerial grid is a tool to assess your managerial and working style based on several factors. What is your dominant grid style and when do you revert to your backup style?ġ6.What is the Blake and Mouton managerial grid? Should leaders hire only those people who can work with the leader’s leadership style?ġ5. Who is the best leader you know? The worst? To what extent does the style approach account for the differences between these leaders?ġ4. Is the “Impoverished management” style ever appropriate or desirable for an organization?ġ2. Do your scores suggest that you are more task-oriented or people-oriented? Tell a story that shows how your behavior in one situation illustrated your dominant leadership style.ġ1. Rate yourself on the Leadership Behavior Questionnaire.

Complete Case 4.1 (or 4.2 or 4.3) and answer all questions.ġ0. How would an opportunistic leader score on the Leadership Behavior Questionnaire at the end of the chapter?ĩ. Is an opportunistic leader aware of his or her style?ĭ. Explain the opportunistic style and how it is derived from the managerial grid.Ĭ. What questions would you include on a questionnaire to measure the behaviors associated with this style?Ĩ. How would a paternalistic/maternalistic leader score on the Leadership Behavior Questionnaire at the end of the chapter?Į. Is a paternalistic/maternalistic leader aware of his or her style?ĭ. Can you think of any examples of well-known leaders who use this style?Ĭ. Describe as extensively as possible the behaviors associated with this style.ī. Explain the paternalism/maternalism style and how it is derived from the managerial grid.Ī.As a follower, how do you respond to each of these different leadership styles?.In what types of situations might each of these styles be the best one to use?.Define and describe each of these styles. Study the managerial (leadership) grid and explain the derivation of the five major styles.Compare and contrast Blake and Mouton’s managerial grid theory to the Ohio State and Michigan studies.How were the findings similar and different? What were the overall findings in the collaborative studies in the 1950s and 1960s? Summarize the research methods and results of the Ohio State and Michigan studies.What is the central purpose of the behavioral approach? Explain the behavioral approach and two general kinds of behaviors.
