BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Management Style
- the general manner, outlook, attitude, and behavior of a manager in his or her dealings with subordinates. Organizations may have, or seek to have, distinctive management styles, and sometimes train employees to try to ensure that a preferred style, fitting in with the desired corporate culture, is always used. Management styles can vary widely between extremes of control and consultation. The latter are generally thought to encourage degrees of employee participation in management with consequently improved employee commitment, employee involvement, and empowerment. More participatory styles are also usually related to more open organizational cultures and flatter organizational structures. One well-known instrument for distinguishing individual management styles is Robert Blake's and Jane Mouton's Managerial Gridâ„¢.
Additional Resources
- Giving Feedback on Management Style: The three degrees of 360° feedback
- Traditionally, feedback on management style has come from the top down, either as part of a yearly performance appraisal or after a particularly disastrous event. A newer approach considered the idea that a manager ought to receive management style feedback from more than one source and from people who knew...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- LEVI STRAUSS REORGANIZES U.S. DIVISION: BRAND MANAGEMENT STYLE ON TAP FOR JEANS MARKETER.(Company Profile)
- Levi Strauss & Co. is taking a major step to refashion itself by organizing into a brand management-style system. Levi Strauss & Co. is taking a major step to refashion itself by organizing into a brand management-style system.
- Research articles 1998-08-24
- Should we kow-tow to Kao? (knowledge-management style of Japanese consumer-goods company is questioned)
- Kao Corp has been lauded for its innovative knowledge-management style that has made it highly successful in its native Japan. Kao's detractors, however, claim that its financial success owes more to its monopolistic tactics than to any management style, regardless of its innovative nature. TOKYO IF COMPANIES thrived...
- Research articles 1996-03-30
- Ronald A. McDougall: hands-on management style, team spirit and 'have fun while getting the job done' philosophy drive Brinker's competitive president-chief operating officer
- RONALD A. MCDOUGALLHands-on management style, team spirit and |have fun while getting the job done' philosophy drive Brinker's competitive president-chief operating officer DALLAS -- Ron McDougall, the analytical and people-oriented president and chief operating officer of Brinker International, is the cement that keeps the house that Norm built sturdy...
- Research articles 1991-09-16
- Learning from the management style of "the great communicator."
- IT IS VERY COMMON to hear that government would run better if it were more businesslike. That may be true much of the time. Nevertheless, let us turn the tables on that proposition. Couldn't business benefit from learning some management lessons from a surprisingly gifted governmental executive--Ronald Reagan? Those...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Incorporating Quality Into Management Style
- Quality and compliance are not necessarily after thoughts, which are achieved through systems and software, rather it's a part of the management style of managers and leaders. In progressive companies, managers are not merely focused on enhancing organizational output and productivity, but are also aware of achieving greater degree of...
- White papers
- Paper or Plastic?: What's Your Time Management Style?
- In order to effectively manage a person's time, the person needs to choose what tools and management style work for him as an individual. Trying to do it someone else's way is like trying to put a square peg in a round hole and will only lead to an overwhelming...
- White papers 2006-03-28
- GE chair handling departure like management style
- STAMFORD, Conn. AP -- In preparing for his retirement in 2001, General Electric Chairman and Chief Executive Jack Welch is displaying the same careful, forward-thinking management style that caused Fortune magazine to name him "Manager of the Century."
- Research articles 1999-11-03
- Thai Marketing Group Modernises Management Style.
- By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 19--Central Marketing Group CMG, the oldest marketing firm in the Central Group with 55 years in operation, has reorganised to adopt a modern management style. The goal is to meet...
- Research articles 2002-06-19
- Dane-Elec announces restructure of its UK office; Leading memory module manufacturer and vendor adopts new management style in response to increased market confidence.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2001-DANE-ELEC: Dane-Elec announces restructure of its UK office; Leading memory module manufacturer and vendor adopts new management style in response to increased market confidence C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062001 Dane-Elec (www.dane-elec.com), Europe's leading manufacturer and...
- Research articles 2001-06-25
- Time Management Tip: Do You Lead By Crisis Management?
- Is your management style whether self-management or managing a team the root of your time management issues? Crisis management is a management style that is consistently driven by uncontrolled external issues. This management style reacts to crisis rather than proactively predicting and planning to prevent crisis. The reason you get...
- White papers 2007-10-21
- Viet vets on 'Management Today.'('IW's Management Today' television program on CNBC will cover business managers who served in Vietnam)(IWInfoCenter)(Brief Article)
- 00-00-0000 A generation of Vietnam veterans is entering the upper echelons of management. How are their wartime experiences impacting their outlook on life, as well as their management style? The subject of this issue' s cover stow, veterans also wil 00-00-0000 A generation of...
- Research articles 1995-11-06
- How To Have A Good Project Management Style
- Project management is the key to completing any style of type of job on time. The key to completing a project for a specified point in time is good project management. Good management skills and a mind that is goal orientated is required to set this job in motion. A...
- White papers 2009-03-20
- Is Crisis Management Your Standard
- Crisis mis-management truth or paradox? This is the result of a management style that fails to consider a variety of forces at work in organizations in contemporary times. Many executives and managers that the author has interviewed during his career seem to have had a romantic love affair with this...
- White papers 2006-10-08
- Female intuition and emotional intelligence linked to management success.
- Aug 23, 2006 (Human Resources - ABIX via COMTEX) -- In times of change, companies need transformational management style. Luke Downey, PhD candidate at the Brain Sciences Institute at Swinburne University, says transformational leaders are good in e Aug 23, 2006 (Human Resources - ABIX...
- Research articles 2006-08-23
- CEO Don Logan supports Time Inc. titles at the top.(magazine management)
- Time Inc CEO Don Logan has managed the periodical publishing firm's magazine in a unique way, by rewarding performance. Logan's management style is one that encourages individual responsibility, and executives are given bonuses according to the amount of Time Inc CEO Don Logan has managed the periodical publishing firm's magazine...
- Research articles 1998-02-23
- One size doesn't fit all.(management style in far east must adapt to local customs)
- Sep 16, 2004 (Far Eastern Economic Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Jerry Letendre is CEO of ABN Amro's commercial, private and consumer banking in the Asia-Pacific region. Letendre says his US-style management has not always proved effective in the region, where attention must be...
- Research articles 2004-09-16
- Is Google a Model for the Future of Management?
- After just nine years of existence, Google boasts a market capitalization of $160 billion and is so ubiquitous it's become a common verb. But is this incredible success simply a matter of riding one big breakthrough or will the the company be able to continue to grow itself and adapt...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- A Mini-Management Library
- Newspapers aren't famous for their knowledge of management. But Jill Geisler, the management guru at the Poynter Institute, a news industry think tank and training ground, has put together a not-bad list of management books. For improving as a manager: "Understanding and Changing...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Keeping On Top of Project Management
- A project can be an awkward beast to manage. Because the purpose of a project is to bring about change, the context is often unsettled and uncertain. As a result, unexpected issues tend to crop up—changes occur and mistakes are made. An effective project manager must accept that the unexpected...
- Articles 2007-10-08
