What is it about?
This research paper’s objectives are two-fold: First; to formulate a Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid Index (BMMGI) consisting of two proxy independent variables for “concern for production” and “concern for people,” respectively, in a macroeconomic perspective, and second; to individually compare between the estimated and actual results of Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid Index Area (BMMGIA), calculate the deviation between the two, if any, for each sample observation by applying extrapolation and classify the countries according to the regression results. In order to serve these purposes, empirical analysis has been performed across 11 European countries for the time period of 10 years (2008–2017).
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Why is it important?
In this research paper, an effort has been made to extrapolate the concept of BMMG in a macroeconomic perspective where a country will ‘replace’ a business firm / organization. Since technically those two factors cannot be compared, hence a separate index named Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid Index (BMMGI) has been formulated (in honor of Blake of Mouton) which is comprised of two closest proxy variables for “concern for production” and “concern for people” termed as Labor Productivity Relative (LPR) and Job Quality Index (JQI) respectively.
Perspectives
The primary motive of this research work was to ‘test’ whether it was feasible to replicate the formation of BMMG matrix in a macroeconomic perspective (i.e., for countries) by keeping its original specifications, and if so, what would be the nature of the BMMG matrices? Would they be all square in nature with identical areas of 64 square units each? Study results indicated that only 2 out of 11 nations, Belgium and Portugal, conformed to the original theoretical framework of BMMG matrix (being square in nature) each having an area of 180 square units. The difference in areas may be interpreted by the paradigm shift in estimation from an organizational aspect to a country’s point of view. However, by retaining the main spirit of the original BMMG model, as a novel attempt, both Belgium and Portugal are termed as ‘ideal’ countries since they exhibited equal relative shares (50 percent each) of LPR and JQI respectively supporting the basis of “Team management”. Hence there remain scopes for extending the research in this topic accompanied by academic debates as well.
Debasish Roy
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This page is a summary of: Managerial grid in macroeconomic perspective: An empirical study (2008–2017), Journal of Transnational Management, June 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2019.1632636.
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