Charles Handy's good management theory (1978)

Question 1

What is Charles handy’s good management theory?

Answer 1

• it is the base for other theories

describes 4 cultures:
- power culture
- role culture
- task culture
- person culture

Question 2

What does the POWER culture mean?

Answer 2

• power is super centralized
• big gap between the top and the others
• if you are not on the top you don’t matter
• (+) quick decision making
• (-) they can do whatever they want
• (-) dumb decisions
• (-) being sorrounded by yes men
• roles don’t matter only what the leader says
• leaders believe that they are the only ones who can complete the task

Question 3

What does the ROLE culture mean?

Answer 3

• specialized people
• lots of rules sorrounding
• (+) can’t break the law
• (+) less decisions, less mistakes
• (+) problem solving is easier, guidance
• (-) lots of infighting
• (-) hard to change the system, flawed

Question 4

What does the TASK culture mean?

Answer 4

• focused entirely on completing tasks
• like matrix
• (+) always succeed
• (-) no idea whom to talk to
• (-) work constantly, heavy preassure
• for example: video game industry

Question 5

What does the PERSON culture mean?

Answer 5

• each person is an expert
• for example: private law and doctor firms
• (+) leave them alone, work alone
• (+) quality work
• (-) experts might not be very good
• (-) hard to replace
• (-) can’t expand huge
• (-) usually expensive
• can’t really cooperate because everyone is an expert

Question 6

How does the graph look like?

Answer 6

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