Question

George, a regional manager for a global corporation, is meeting with several upset managers from the Rome plant about Steve, who is originally from Florida but moved to Italy to manage the Rome facility. Phillipe, the assistant manager, tells George, "We all feel that Steve sees things only one way—his—and very seldom considers our perspective on things." Steve is employing a ______ management style

Answer 1

Answer: Parochial

Explanation: A style of management in which the manager having decision authority considers every situation only from his or her own perspective is called Parochial management style. The parochial mangers are the one with illiberal thinking they only considers the situation on the pros and cons related to themselves.

In the above case study, as per the description of the assistant, we can conclude that Steve is a parochial manager.