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Advanced Management Theory The One Minute Manager 1. Managers can be labeled as autocratic or democratic (p.15). How does this relate to Blake and Mouton's Managerial Grid (from the review of principles of management)? Which one of Blake and Mouton's styles is the best? The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey & HBR's Who's Got the Monkey? 1. What is a monkey symbolic of? Blanchard, Oncken, and Burrows indicate "The monkey Manager's symbol is intended to …

…were able to leave work on time, while the boss was doing the employees work. The staff developed a morale problem. There problems was that they feared doing their job without constant approval from their boss. Since the boss was a nervous boss, little responsibility was delegated to employees, which is the reason for low productivity. Overall, while the staff was becoming more dependent on the boss, the boss became less dependent on the staff.