Coach cater

"l came to coach basketball players, and you became students. l came to teach boys, and you became men". This quote shows how successful Coach Ken Carter's managing techniques are, however Coach Carter uses many managing styles through out the film. A good manager uses multiple managing techniques these techniques are autocratic, persuasive, consultative, participative and laissez faire. Coach Carter's managing methods vary between the different situations he comes across. As shown through out the film Coach Carter's managing styles and approaches are very successful.

One of Coach Carter's managing styles was autocratic. Autocratic managing is mainly based only the managers decision also known as centralised decision making. This managing style is mainly focused on tasks and does not accept much feedback and gives very tight timelines. An example of an autocratic managing style is when coach carter says, "let's see how many suicides you can do in... One hour and seven minutes". This quote shows how he is trying to discipline his team and the tight timelines an autocratic manager like coach carter would give in a situation like that.

A second managing style that is used by coach carter is a persuasive technique. Persuasive managing is very similar to the autocratic managing techniques. It uses centralised decision making, only interested in results and outcomes, however a manager of this technique would accept very little feedback. Instead of tight timelines he or she often sells you decisions. An example of a persuasive managing style is when coach carter says, "most importantly we control the tempo of the game", this quote shows that he is giving orders that persuade the team to preform better.

The third managing style coach carter approached his team with was a consultative approach. The consultative managing style consists of the manager willing to accept most of his or hers staff opinions. Consultative managers are more employee orientated and the