The blake and mouton managerial grid

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The central purpose of the style approach is to explain how leaders combine two kinds of behavior to influence followers in their efforts to reach a goal. Relationship behaviors help followers feel comfortable with themselves, with each other, and with the situation in which they find themselves. Task behaviors facilitate goal accomplishment, meaning that they help group members achieve their objectives. There are two types of behaviors in this approach. This behavioral approach focuses on what leaders do and how they act. The style approach emphasizes the behaviors of a leader. What is the central purpose of the style approach? Explain the style/behavioral approach and two general kinds of behaviors.

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