In the movie Coach Carter, the Coach uses every kind of management styles to communicate with his basketball team.
Coach Carter first uses Autocratic. An autocratic manager likes to be in control and has absolute power. He takes no account of other people’s wishes or opinions and uses rewards and punishment to achieve objectives. His decision making is centralized with a strict hierarchical chain of command. He is task orientated and uses one way communication. One scene where coach carter is using autocratic management is at the start of the movie, when he first joins the team. He gives them contracts to sign and tells them that they should attend every class and sit in the front and that they should get a 2.3 score. He also tells them that the “key to winning in here (the gym) is the key to winning out there (stadium)”. He is strict towards them and tells them they should have respect or they get out like he did with cruise. Coach carter tells them that “if you are late you will run, if you give me attitude you will give me push up.” Being autocratic to them makes them start winning basketball games.
The second management style Coach Carter uses is Persuasive. Persuasive means, the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. The Persuasive manager tries to convince that his decisions are correct. Exactly the same as autocratic but he tries to persuade his employees that he is right. One scene where coach carter is using Persuasive management is where he locks up the basketball gym because some of the players have failed one of their classes and orders them to meet him in the library. He says to them “Gentlemen, you have failed to up... No I’m sorry. We have failed. We have failed each other. Now, there are some of you who have upheld this contract. But know that we are a team. And until we all meet the terms of this contract, the gym will be locked.” Everyone starts arguing about it and Cruise