The Disadvantages of One Directional Management

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“There is only one best way to manage”
Introduction
Every enterprise is in need of a proper management because it plays an integral role in
the operation of the business. It is the management which converts the disorganised resources
of men, machines, money into a useful enterprise. Management plays an vital role because it
coordinates all the people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives. It is important
to note that management cannot have generalised rules and regulations because the cultural
and the behavioural pattern of every organization differs from place to place. In the words of
Morgan, “There is no best way of organizing. The appropriate form depends on the kind of
task or environment with which one is dealing” (Morgan 1986). The dictum that is
enumerated here is based on the contingency theory. According to the contingency theory,
management of a particular business should depend on particular situation; therefore, it
nullifies generalised notions of single dictum. This piece of paper aims to unravel the
disadvantages of one directional management.
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According to the contingency theory, management cannot practice single method to
manage because management should depend on situational factor. It nullifies any single style
of leadership practise. In the words of Fiedler’s contingency Model, “A leader is effective
when his or her style of leadership fits with the situation” (Donaldson 2001). However, there
can be variation to this thought because for a leadership it is important to understand the
purpose of the need and then apply his or her skills accordingly. Again, in situations like
surgical practices or crises like war there needs to be clear-cut instruction where the
predisposition will affect the selection criteria. Therefore, there might be some person who
might think it is better to rely on the judgement of the person rather than opting totally
against the situation. When a single method of management practices are adopted in an

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enterprise, there can be two type of consequences, either the follower or the employees will
get dependent on them becoming passive recipients or there might emerge tensions or
conflict with the management due to its coercive nature. This paper is going to argue against
the notion stating the important of the situational factors.
It is very unlikely for any business operation to depend on any single way because the
nature of business and organization is variable. With time, the management needs different
way to handle any problem, also because the nature of problems are growing complex.
Therefore sticking to a single method will make the management grow rigid and thus it will
remain inflexible with the changes occurring in time. Thus, it is very important to investigate
different framework to find solutions, this will allow the organization to work under different
environment circumstances. Depending on the situational and other factor gives the
organization a dynamic feature, which enable it to be adaptive than the ones which follow
static courses.
Studies show that depending on the situational factor not only helps in the proper
management of the institution but it also determines the organizational attributes like
centralization of authority or formalization of rules and procedures. Depending upon the
situational factor also enable to create: consideration leader and initiating structure leader.
Therese leaders help in building good rapport and interpersonal relationship between the
subordinates and superordinate (Whalen et al 2016.). It is important to notice that with time
things are changing at a rapid speed and sticking on kind of policy will not help in
deciphering the problem but also it restrict the understanding of the problem itself. Sticking
on point or a single method will also hinder the growth in innovation. This kind of
environment will also facilitate the followers and the employees to come up with new and
varied ways of thinking. Mostly importantly innovative thinking, which refers to fresh