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In Reddin's 'Tridimensional Grid', which one of the following is a less effective style of leadership?

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UGC NET 2017 Paper 3 Geography Question Paper (05-Nov-2017)
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Missionary

W. J. Reddin's 3-D theory of leadership starts from four basic styles, formed by combining concern for the task with concern for relationships. Its central idea is that no style is good or bad in itself - effectiveness depends on whether the style fits the situation.

So each basic style has two faces: a more-effective version when it suits the situation and a less-effective version when it does not. The four more-effective styles are the Bureaucrat, the Developer, the Benevolent autocrat and the Executive; the four less-effective styles are the Deserter, the Missionary, the Autocrat and the Compromiser.

The Missionary is the less-effective form of the related (high-relationship, low-task) style, used where the situation does not call for it - the manager keeps everyone happy but achieves little. Developer, Executive and Bureaucrat, by contrast, are all effective styles.

Hence the less effective style is Missionary.

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