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Teaching guide: Blake Mouton grid (for last exams in 2024)

A model that highlights different management styles, according to their focus on the task and the people within the business.

Model/theory

Key points

The model highlights that there are different management or leadership styles: some managers focus on the task; some on the people in their team; some are not interested in either task or people; some gain the commitment of people to the task.

When you can use this

When discussing the influences on and impact on different management and leadership styles you might want to consider:

  • the advantages and disadvantages of each approach
  • the factors that determine what style is adopted by a manager/leader.

Where it's been used

  • Q1, A-level paper 1, 2018

  • Q4, AS paper 2, 2017

  • Q13, AS paper 1, 2016

  • Q6, AS paper 1, SAM set 2

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