The Human Resources Approach in Modern Organization
There are many approaches to organizational communication that have been studied throughout history. While there has been something to learn from each new era of organizational structure, there is no perfect approach. In deciding which approach is most appropriate for a specific organization, one must look at the organizational goals and needs to decide. In Bowling Green, Ohio there are several real estate companies but one holds the highest standing: Greenbriar, Inc. When looking at the structure and goals of this company, it is easy to correlate this organization to the Human Resources Approach. The real estate management company Greenbriar, Inc. demonstrates many of the ideas and contributions …show more content…
The first theory is Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid which was published in 1964. By using this grid, it allows managers to be assigned a rating on each dimension (Roberson 2005). In modern organizational communication this theory is now known as the Leadership Grid and has had significant impact on organizational structure. This tool was developed to better train different types of leadership styles for managers. The main goal of this development was it increase efficiency as well as employee satisfaction and creativity. As noted previously, many of the theories and approaches are influenced from other approaches. In the case of the management/leadership grid, Mouton and Blake took aspects from classical management and human relations and combined to form a more efficient style. They placed a high importance on concern for people as well as concern for production. They created a grid that gauged leadership styles based on level of concern for people versus production. In the grid, there are five prototypical management styles. The first is impoverished management which is characterized by a low concern for people and a low concern for production. This manager has low regard and does the least possible in terms on leadership. Next is country club management, which is characterized by a high concern for people and a low concern for …show more content…
is able to fit into the subset of middle-of-the-road management. This is evident because this type of management thrives on having a balance for concern for people as well as concern for production. I found this style to be the most fitting as it demonstrates the desire to compromise on important aspects. Since Greenbriar, Inc. is a real estate management company, there is only so much they can sacrifice in terms of concern for production, therefore I concluded they would not fit in the team management approach. This is due to the fact that they are unable to sacrifice much in terms of productivity, which may cut into the ability to provide for concern for employees at some
There are many approaches to organizational communication that have been studied throughout history. While there has been something to learn from each new era of organizational structure, there is no perfect approach. In deciding which approach is most appropriate for a specific organization, one must look at the organizational goals and needs to decide. In Bowling Green, Ohio there are several real estate companies but one holds the highest standing: Greenbriar, Inc. When looking at the structure and goals of this company, it is easy to correlate this organization to the Human Resources Approach. The real estate management company Greenbriar, Inc. demonstrates many of the ideas and contributions …show more content…
The first theory is Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid which was published in 1964. By using this grid, it allows managers to be assigned a rating on each dimension (Roberson 2005). In modern organizational communication this theory is now known as the Leadership Grid and has had significant impact on organizational structure. This tool was developed to better train different types of leadership styles for managers. The main goal of this development was it increase efficiency as well as employee satisfaction and creativity. As noted previously, many of the theories and approaches are influenced from other approaches. In the case of the management/leadership grid, Mouton and Blake took aspects from classical management and human relations and combined to form a more efficient style. They placed a high importance on concern for people as well as concern for production. They created a grid that gauged leadership styles based on level of concern for people versus production. In the grid, there are five prototypical management styles. The first is impoverished management which is characterized by a low concern for people and a low concern for production. This manager has low regard and does the least possible in terms on leadership. Next is country club management, which is characterized by a high concern for people and a low concern for …show more content…
is able to fit into the subset of middle-of-the-road management. This is evident because this type of management thrives on having a balance for concern for people as well as concern for production. I found this style to be the most fitting as it demonstrates the desire to compromise on important aspects. Since Greenbriar, Inc. is a real estate management company, there is only so much they can sacrifice in terms of concern for production, therefore I concluded they would not fit in the team management approach. This is due to the fact that they are unable to sacrifice much in terms of productivity, which may cut into the ability to provide for concern for employees at some