As a manager, she focuses her energy on both the quality of services rendered to the patients as well as the welfare of the staff of her unit. Which of the following management styles does she adopt?
A. Country club management
B. Organization man management
C. Team management
D. Authority-obedience management
Correct Answer: C. Team management
Team management has a high concern for services and high concern for staff. Team management is the ability of an individual or an organization to administer and coordinate a group of individuals to perform a task. Team management involves teamwork, communication, objective setting, and performance appraisals.
Option A: The country club leader has the most concern for people. This leader assumes that if employees are happy, they will work hard. This leader’s high interest in the needs and feelings of employees affects productivity. With much of the focus on employee comfort, this leader finds it difficult to punish an employee. As a result, the relationship between employee and leader is very casual, like that of friends.
Option B: Management is the process of guiding the development, maintenance, and allocation of resources to attain organizational goals. This process is based on four key functional areas of the organization: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Option D: Authority-obedience management results from such a management style that is task-oriented, or task-motivated. The authority-obedience management style overly emphasizes the value of completing tasks to the extent that it risks human relationships.