The ability to lead effectively is based on a number of skills, and the Skill Approach as explained by Northouse is a …show more content…
Northouse explains that there are “two general kinds of behaviors: task behavior and relationship behaviors” (Northouse, p.71). Leaders who are task oriented focuses on wanting their “members to achieve their objectives” (Northouse, p.69), and leaders who are relationship oriented “help followers feel comfortable with themselves, with each other, and with the situation in which they find themselves” (Northouse, p.69). There were three main research done on the behavioral approach, one was by Ohio State on his Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire, and the other was by The University of Michigan on the research of two types of leadership behaviors (employee orientation and production orientation). However, in this paper the Manegerial Grid by Blake and Mouton will be examined. Northouse explains that the Managerial/Leadership Grid “was designed to explain how leaders help organizations to reach their purpose through two factors: concern for production and concern for people” (Northouse, p.74). Concern for production “refers to how a leader is concerned with achieving organizational tasks” (Northouse, p.74), and concern for people “refers to how a leader attends to the people in the organization who are trying to achieve its goals” (Northouse, p.74). The grid lays out five managerial styles: authority compliance, country-club management, impoverished management, middle of the road management, and team management (Northouse,