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Management Styles Brief Explanation

Missionary

The individual uses high relationships orientation and low task orientation insituations where such behaviour is not appropriate & is therefore less effective. Thisstyle of Management is dependant behaviour.

Missionary Behaviour Indicators:

Avoids Conflict

Pleasant/kind/warm

Seeks acceptance of self/dependent

Makes things easier

Avoids initiation/passive/gives no direction

Unconcerned with outputs and standards

At first sign of conflict attempts to smooth

Executive

The individual uses high relationship orientation and high task orientation insituations where such behaviour is appropriate & is therefore more effective. Thisstyle of Management is mostly described as ideal.

Executive Behaviour Indicators:

Uses team work in decision making Uses participation appropriately

Induces commitment to objectives

Encourages higher performance

Co-ordinates others in work

Developer

The individual uses high relationship orientation and low task orientation in situationswhere such behaviour is appropriate & is therefore more effective.

Developer Behaviour Indicators:

Maintains open communication channels

Develops talents of others/coaches

Understands others/supports

Works well with others/supports

Trusted by others/trusts/listens

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When responsible for planning, involves many others

Bureaucrat

The individual uses low relationship orientation and low task orientation in situationswhere such behaviour is appropriate & is therefore more effective.

Bureaucrat Behaviour Indicators:

Reliable, dependable

Follows orders, rules, Procedures

Maintains systems

Watches details/efficient

Rational/logical/self controlled

Fair/just/equitable

Prefers written communication with others

Deserter

The individual uses low relationship orientation and low task orientation in situationswhere such behaviour is inappropriate & is therefore less effective.

Deserter Behaviour Indicators:

Works to rules/minimum output/gives up

Avoids involvement / responsibility Gives few useful suggestions or opinions

Uncreative / unoriginal / narrow minded

Hinders others/ makes things difficult

Resists change / uncooperative

Shows little concerns about errors and does little to correct or reduce them

Autocrat

The individual uses low relationship orientation and high task orientation in situationswhere such behaviour is inappropriate & is therefore less effective.

Autocrat Behaviour Indicators:

Critical/threatening

Makes decisions

Demands obedience /suppresses conflict

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Wants actions and results immediately

Downward Communication only

Acts without consultation

Feared/disliked

More interested in day to day productivity than in long run productivity

Performance maintained through subtle threatening situation

Compromiser

The individual uses high relationship orientation and high task orientation in asituation that requires a high orientation to only one or neither and is therefore lesseffective.

Compromiser Behaviour Indicators:

Overuses participation Yielding weak

Avoids decisions

Produces grey acceptable decisions

Idealists/ambiguous

Sometimes encourages new ideas but does not always follow up on too manyof them

Benevolent Autocrat

The individual uses low relationship orientation and high task orientation in situationswhere such behaviour is appropriate & is therefore more effective.

Benevolent Autocrat Behaviour Indicators:

Decisive/shows initiative

Industrious/energetic

Finisher/committed

Evaluative of quality/quantity & time

Costs, profits & sales conscious

Obtains results

Both develops & proposes many new ideas Values both efficiency & productivity