by: Christine Zafra

The second management style introduced by Dr. Rensis Likert is that of the “benevolent – authoritative system”. It differs from the first proposition Dr. Likert made since motivation of the employees here is based on the reward – punishment structure. Basically, if the employees do well, they get rewarded (like high sales or an increase in salary perhaps?). Managerial executives in this kind of set-up feel that all the burden of the company has been inflicted upon them and none to their subordinates. This system also promotes little communication and very little teamwork (compared to NO teamwork at all in the first management style).

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