Management Styles, Productivity & Adaptability of Human Resources: An Empirical Study‪.‬

Management Styles Management styles are collectively learnt behaviours, subject to all the infirmities of human learning. They incorporate both the contents of decision making and the process of decision making and are aligned to goal setting, strategy formulations and strategy implementation. They are profoundly influenced by the distinctive social culture and climate in which an organization operates. The distinctive way in which managers perform the various functions in an organization decides their management styles. There is a core management style that reflects the values and norms of a culture and this is practiced in the given organizational climate and culture. Such a core management style may have variations and mainly include conservative style, entrepreneurial style, professional style, bureaucratic style, organic style, authoritarian style, participative style, intuitive style, familiar style, altruistic style, innovative style etc. Given the choices, unlimited number of management styles can be visualized.