Biography - Robert Rogers Blake & Jane Srygley Mouton & The Managerial Grid

Thirty years ago students studying management and leadership would have been introduced to the "managerial grid" that was developed by Blake and Mouton in the early 1960s. Recently that model surfaced again in an article by Gary Newborough: "People vs Production", The British Journal of Administrative Management, May/June 1999. For a brief description of the model see Vol. 3 of Theories and Models in Applied Behavioral Science (HD 31.T4857). Other books and articles by Blake and Mouton are provided below for your convenience along with an illustration of "the managerial grid".

Books by Blake & Mouton in the UWOLS
(presented in reverse chronological order)

Leadership Dilemmas: Grid Solutions
HD57.7.B55 1991.
The co-author of this book is Anne Adams McCanse.

Change by Design
HD58.8.B55 1989

Spectacular Teamwork: How to Develop the Leadership Skills for Team Success
TAY stack HD66.B54 1987

Executive Achievement: Making it at the Top
HD57.7.B54 1986
Huron stack HD57.7.B54 1986

The Managerial Grid III: A New Look at the Classic that has Boosted Productivity and Profits for Thousands of Corporations Worldwide
HD31.B523 1985

Solving Costly Organizational Conflicts
HD42.B58 1984

Synergogy: A New Strategy for Education, Training, and Development
LB1051.M7365 1984
Huron stack LB1051.M7365 1984
St. Peter's stack LB1051.M7365 1984

Consultation: A Handbook for Individual and Organizational Development
H91.B46 1983 (2nd edition).

The Secretary Grid
DBW stack HF5547.5.B56 1983

The Academic Administrator Grid
LB2806.B56
LB2806.B636a 1981
Huron stack LB2806.B56

Productivity, the Human Side: A Social Dynamics Approach
HD66.B53 1981

The Grid for Sales Excellence: New Insights into a Proven System of Effective Sales
HF5438.25.B56 1980

The Versatile Manager: A Grid Profile
HD31.B525 1980

Making Experience Work: The Grid Approach to Critique
HD30.29.B55 1978

The New Managerial Grid: Strategic New Insights Into a Proven System for Increasing Organization Productivity and Individual Effectiveness, Plus a Revealing Examination of How Your Managerial Style Can Effect Your Mental and Physical Health
HD31.B523 1978
Brescia stack HD38.B62

Consultation
HD69.C6B53 1976

Diary of an OD Man
HD8072.B53 1976

The Grid for Supervisory Effectiveness
HF5549.B618 1975

Grid for Sales Excellence: Benchmarks for Effective Salesmanship
HF5438.B53 1970

Building a Dynamic Corporation Through Grid Organization Development
DBW stack HD38.B53
Huron stack HD38.B573

Corporate Excellence Through Grid Organization Development
HD31.B362 1968
HD38.B57

Corporate Excellence Diagnosis
HD38.B575

Corporate Darwinism: An Evolutionary Perspective on Organizing Work in the Dynamic Corporation
DBW stack HD31.B52

The Managerial Grid: Key Orientations for Achieving Production Through People
HD38.B63 1964
DBW stack HD38.B62

Group Dynamics: Key to Decision Making
Huron stack HD38.B6

Perception: An Approach to Personality
DBW stack BF311.B55
Huron stack BF311.B55
King's stack BF311.B6P4

Selected Articles By Blake & Mouton

"How to Achieve Integration on the Human Side of the Merger," Organizational Dynamics, Vol.13, No.3, Winter, 1985, p.41.

"Principles and Designs for Enhancing Learning," Training & Development Journal, Vol.38, No.12, Dec. 1984, p.60.

"The Urge to Merge: Tying the Knot Successfully," Training & Development Journal, Vol.37, No.1, Jan. 1983, p. 41.

"Theory and Research for Developing a Science of Leadership," Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol.18, No.3, 1982, p.275.

"How to Chose a Leadership Style," Training & Development Journal, Vol.36, No.2, Feb. 1982, p. 38.

Additional articles about Blake and Mouton can be found by searching ProQuest ABI/Inform Global Research and PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES or by searching the printed indexes.

For an interview with Blake that was conducted in the early 1990s click here. The interview was published in the Healthcare Forum Journal, Vol. 35, No.4, July/August 1992 (which is available on ProQuest or in print in the Taylor Libary (W1 HE608RA). For an earlier interview see "The Board Grid: An Interview With Blake and Mouton" in Directors & Boards: The Journal of Corporate Action, Vol.5, No.2, Summer 1980, p.18 (available in the Business Library). For additional information on the "leadership grid" on the www, click here