Blake Mouton Model and Autocratic Leadership Style in Sainsbury

International
Foundation Programme
(Business)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................2
References:.......................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Blake Mouton Model was developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton, under which
they present a graphic picture of leadership styles across a managerial grid. According to this
model, identification of leadership style can be done on the basis of concern of manager for
people and production. It explains 5 leadership styles i.e. Impoverished, Task, Middle of road,
country Club and team management. It is important for Human Resource Management because it
helps to understand the leadership style of competitors, which help the HR department for
making best policy for their organisation. As an individual, I was working there in a team as
subordinate and there I was led by the manager of Sainsbury and they were applying Autocratic
style. I was instructed by the manager for the purpose of completing assigned tasks. This report
is based on my observation of the organisation of Sainsbury.
MAIN BODY
Under Autocratic leadership style, leader makes various strategies and rules for
subordinates without doing any discussion in order to achieve organisational goals and targets
which is also related to the performance of employees towards their objectives (Harrison and et.
al., 2020). This leadership style comes under Task management of Blake Mouton Grid also
known as dictatorial or perish style, under which leaders are more concerned with the production
part and pay less attention on their subordinates or team members. People working in the
Sainsbury are required to the work according to the procedure, rules & regulations made by
leaders. This leadership style was giving both positive as well as negative impact on the
organisation.
It has various positive impacts on organisation such as it helps in improving productivity,
clear and direct communication is done etc. in the situation of crises, this style helps the
organisation a lot because under this style effective decisions are to be taken by the leaders in
time efficient manner, there is no need to ask anything from their subordinates, they just have to
make decisions and see the result (Smith 2020). For instance if the organisation is on peak point
and they have to increase the production to meet the need of consumers, this style will help the
organisation in the same situation by making various effective decisions strictly on instance
basis. After making various decisions, the complete organisation have to follow them. This will
1