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Organisational Leadership Mattersey Hall Gods Of Management Charles Handy, in â€Å"Gods of Management†, attempts to classify four distinct management cultures that exist within all organizations. He uses the ancient Greek gods to symbolize these management cultures or philosophies. There are four types of management cultures or philosophies present within all organizations. The four cultures are the club (Zeus), role (Apollo), task (Athena), and existential (Dionysus) cultures. The first culture Handy discusses is the club or Zeus culture. He uses a spider web to represent the club culture. â€Å"[T]he lines radiating out from the centre† represent â€Å"divisions of work based on functions or products† (Handy p14). The most important lines†¦show more content†¦This type of organization basically views management â€Å"as being basically concerned with the continuous and successful solution of problems† (Handy p70). The management accomplishes this by first locating or finding the problem. After locating the problem, appropriate resources are given to solve the problem and waits for the results. In this type of organization, performance is judged by the results or problems solved. The symbol used for the task culture is a net. According to Handy, these types of organizations draw resources from various parts of the organization in order to solve a problem. In this type of culture, â€Å"power lies at the interstices of the net † and is a â€Å"network of loosely linked commando units, each unit being largely self-contained but having a specific responsibility within an overall strategy† (Handy p72). In the Athena culture, expertise in a specific field is the source for one’s power or influence. For example he states that â€Å"[t]o Organisational Leadership Mattersey Hall contribute to your group, you need talent, creativity, a fresh approach, and new intuitions. 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