Management Theory or Style Adopted By Manchester United Football Club

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Management Theory or Style Adopted By Manchester United Football Club

In almost every organisation there will be some kind of management. In the words of Crainer (1998, p. xi)

"Management is active, not theoretical. It is about changing behaviour and making things happen. It is about developing people, working with them, reaching objectives and achieving results..."

This piece of work will look at management theories and styles which have been applied by the Manchester United Football Club and to see the effectiveness of their choice of style to their organisation.

Mullins (2007 p.453) suggests that

"an essential ingredient of any successful manager is the ability to handle people successfully".

This characteristic can be seen through the managers' attitude towards employees, which in this case will be the football players.

The following is an extract describing a management style used by Manchester United manager.

"His has always been a management style based on carefully controlled disruption, creating a constant momentum designed to keep players on their toes with the unspoken but permanent threat of potential replacement." (Michael Grant, bnet.co.uk 2003)

This style can be related to McGregor's (1960 cited